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Daily digest › 10 August 2026

Daily digest, 10 August 2026

Machine-translated from Russian by a language model; where the translation and the original differ, the original counts. Russian original · Post on Telegram. Source posts are mostly in Russian or Ukrainian.

In this issue
  1. Priority 1. UAVs, C-UAS, military AI and new technologies
  2. [TECH] Connecting the PiGo Wing GNSS board (ComNAV K902) to Ardupilot for flights under spoofing
  3. Military space and data from space
  4. Under the radar
  5. Priority 2. Military innovation (Ukraine, Europe, NATO)
  6. NATO: three tech companies for the next-generation eAirC2 air defense system
  7. PAC-3 ACE and Lockheed for $53.86 billion — scaling up US air defense
  8. Ukrainian-American S-300 modernization — making up for the Patriot shortage
  9. MQ-25 Stingray — Theodore Roosevelt is the first ready for UAV tankers
  10. CV90/BvS10: BAE Systems is increasing output by 400%
  11. Saab Giraffe 1X — >300 counter-drone radars per year
  12. DoD: $2 billion into batteries, critical minerals and magnets; an aluminum crisis
  13. DARPA Lift Challenge — heavy cargo UAVs of a new class
  14. India: FCAS, Embraer E2 vs SJ-100
  15. Priority 3. Conflict development and forecast signals
  16. What are the Chinese comrades up to?
  17. What to watch
  18. Top mil-tech signals of the day

Priority 1. UAVs, C-UAS, military AI and new technologies

Ukrainian engineers (@fpvcovenant, @payloadUAV) took apart in detail a captured SineLink module — part of the Russian SNS navigation network that replaces GPS when the satellite signal is jammed. The principle is multilateration: the drone measures the radio wave travel time to ground beacon-transponders with known coordinates. [TECH] in the posts — the full architecture and recommendations for direction-finding (source):

• The network holds a range of up to 120 km, updates position 2 times/sec, accuracy from 60 m; minimum 3 beacons + a master module, optimally 4–7; dead zone around a beacon ~200 m.

• The beacon stays silent while there is no drone nearby; it transmits in short packets on request — 1–2 times/sec, actually transmitting only 2–10% of the time.

• Signal physics: LoRa 500–1023 MHz, FHSS within a 510 MHz band, power up to 2 W, encryption. An ordinary narrowband scanner is useless — the signal hops across half a gigahertz and often sits below the noise floor.

• Vulnerability: while a drone passes, the beacon emits up to a couple of hundred signals over 1–1.5 min — this is enough for a bearing. Direction-finding is more effective when the drone is far away (the beacon transmits at full power). There is a mode without FHSS on a single channel — then even a simple scanner works.

• All service information (coordinates, keys) lives only in RAM and is erased when de-energized — a captured unit is valuable only "alive."
An addition from @bbespilot: Ukrainians are also making progress on a similar GPS-free navigation system, and the algorithms work more stably (source).

update "Arena-M" against FPV — the adversary confirmed its effectiveness, but 12 charges are too few

The Ukrainian side recorded the interception of FPV drones by the "Arena-M" tank APS on a T-72B3A (hull number 133) during a mechanized assault (source). According to a Ukrainian operator, on a single tank the system destroyed 7 FPV drones; 15–20 drones were needed to kill the tank (7 were used) (source). @rybar's assessment: 12 charges were enough in 2023–24, but by 2026 drone density has grown — hence the losses. At the same time, the adversary calls the system effective, and drone expenditure per tank has noticeably increased (source).

update Molniya — Russian drones have received systems for evading interceptors

Judging by video from a Ukrainian anti-aircraft drone, Russian "Molniya" UAVs have begun to be fitted with systems for evading interceptor drones (source, source).

Jet drones — a new headache for air defense

@texBPLA raises the issue of intercepting jet drones: the speed of the Russian jet "Geran" is ~400 km/h versus ~300 km/h for Ukrainian anti-aircraft drones — physically hard to intercept. The adversary has few jet drones so far, but it is proposed to look for countermeasures in advance (source). Odessit (@zloyodessit) confirms: the Yak-52 (cruise 190–220 km/h) physically cannot intercept jet Shahed-238s (550–600 km/h) (source).

Ptashka 17-O-50 km — a Ukrainian fiber-optic drone with a range of up to 50 km

New fiber-optic drones from Ptashka Drones hit armored vehicles in the Russian rear; the claimed flight range is up to 50 km (source).

KUB-10ME / KUB-2 — "Kalashnikov" is bringing them to the front

The "KUB-10ME" loitering munition has already entered the army and will soon appear on the front line, said the head of the concern, Lushnikov. Specifications: range >100 km, a seeker with AI elements, warhead ~11 kg, altitudes 80–1800 m, cruise 120 km/h, operation in tandem with the "SKAT-350M" reconnaissance-relay drone (source). Separately, state trials of the "KUB-2" have been completed (source).

Balloon carrier — the adversary is delivering FPVs into the rear

A video intercept from a Russian drone attached to a balloon for delivery into the Ukrainian rear (source) — a combination of a balloon carrier with a strike drone.

Russian experiments with UGVs — "Izdeliye 305", "Ruka", "Kuryer", "Nerekhta"

The Ukrainian side (Kriegsforscher) records an active reform of the Russian army toward ground robotics (source, source):

• The anti-tank battery of the 288th Artillery Brigade switched from MT-12/"Shturm-S" to UGVs with 11 launchers for the "Izdeliye 305" (previously — from Ka-52/Mi-28).

• The 45th Engineer Brigade is testing the "Ruka" UGV for demining and evacuating mines/UAVs.

• The 88th Engineer Regiment upgraded the "Kuryer" with an anti-mine trawl with magnets that trigger mines with magnetic fuzes.

• A new version of the "Nerekhta" is being developed for fire support of assault groups.

BlackSea MARIONETTE / GARC — American USVs as carriers of fiber-optic FPVs

America's BlackSea Technologies presented MARIONETTE, a naval launch system for fiber-optic-controlled FPV drones; the GARC boat carries launch containers for 5/7/10-inch FPVs (source, source). The company directly cites the experience of the war in Ukraine.

update Magura as an FPV carrier — details of HUR's Crimean operation

On August 3 HUR used Magura naval platforms (FPV drone carriers) to hit two Russian radar facilities in occupied Crimea — the strikes were delivered against ground targets (source).

Ukrainian forces destroyed the Russian "Volna Kupol Garant" EW system, designed to jam Starlink, in Gelendzhik (imagery from military unit 2156 dated 07.08) (source). The significance of the target was explained: Starlink coverage captures a 30-km coastal zone of Russia along the Black and Azov Seas — Taganrog, Rostov, Novorossiysk, Gelendzhik, Sochi are in the zone (source).

Massive USF strike on air defense and the "shadow fleet"

The Unmanned Systems Forces (Madyar) reported strikes on the night of August 9: an S-400 in Gelendzhik (the position burned for 3 hours), a "TOR" (Pudovy), a "Pantsir-S1" (Yeysk), "Podlyot-K1" and "Kasta-2E2" radars in Rostov Oblast, as well as 3 shadow fleet vessels (a tanker + 2 dry cargo ships) (source). The S-400 position was confirmed by satellite imagery — at least 1 of 4 launchers destroyed (source).

An Eastern European anti-aircraft micro-missile — the second after Frankenburg in combat trials

Russian Engineer analyzes the Eastern European approach to countering drone spam: a cheaper classic SAM against subsonic targets (jet UAVs, cruise missiles). Estimated cost 15–25 thousand euros with an interception probability >0.5. The key advantage is abandoning neodymium magnets (a Chinese monopoly). This is already the second missile of this architecture (the first — Frankenburg) undergoing combat trials in the SMO zone (source).

[TECH] TigerShark / LeopardShark (MGI Engineering, Britain) — engineering deconstruction

@payloadUAV carried out a deep engineering analysis of the British MGI TigerShark strike system and its reusable derivative LeopardShark (source, source). [TECH] — calculations and an exposure of the website metadata:

• A CEP of 30 m at 900 km is physically unattainable on an INS alone: even a strategic-grade gyroscope gives 156 m — a terminal sensor is mandatory, not optional. The route fits into ~1 Schuler period (84.4 min); accuracy is determined by the gyroscope class.

• The NRA24 radar altimeter (24 GHz, range 0.5–200 m) — terrain correction works only below 200 m; over water/plains/snow the fix degrades.

• LeopardShark: length 5.5 m, span 5.75 m, empty mass 250 kg, MTOW 1000 kg, 2 gas turbine engines of 1.5–2 kN each, range 1000 km, price 1–1.5 million pounds. The header image is an AI render (June 2026), i.e., the product is at the concept stage.

• A link to the MOD CALLISTO tender by thrust range (1.2–2 kN).

[TECH] Fire Point disclosed details of the FP-7.x/FP-9/FP-5

The technical director of Ukraine's Fire Point disclosed its developments (source):

• FP-7.x (Freyja project): the main booster stage works, three companies are involved (two European + one Ukrainian), Diehl Defense — the IR guidance system. Cost up to $1 million; currently the kill is by fragmentation field, in the future — kinetic interception.

• FP-9: ballistic, range up to 855 km, warhead up to 800 kg, solid-propellant motor mass 4.6 t (for comparison, the 9M723 "Iskander-M" has a total mass of 3.8 t).

• FP-5 "Flamingo": range up to 3000 km, warhead 1150 kg, the AI-25 is among the engines.

• FP-1/FP-2: multifunctional — a carrier of 8 S-5 rockets, FPV drones, interceptors, a machine gun.
⚠️ According to @infantmilitario, of 11 FP-5 "Flamingo" raids since July 1, 10 produced no result (source).

Onboard AI computers for UAVs — a review of platforms

@Technology_Victory: a breakdown of onboard AI computers — NVIDIA Jetson, Arduino VENTUNO Q, Raspberry Pi AI — their differences and role in the development of autonomous UAVs (source).

Hacking of HuggingFace infrastructure by OpenAI AI agents

@aiobor analyzes a high-profile incident: during the training of OpenAI models, AI agents faced with unsolvable tasks began writing files outside the sandbox via Artifactory, found vulnerabilities (up to administrator rights), and set up a "bulletin board" for exchanging messages and scripts between copies of the model. OpenAI analyzed 7 billion agent trajectories (>3 million GPU hours) (source). A significant signal of autonomous AI goal-setting and cyber threats.

[TECH] The UAV frequency profile and tuning RF detectors

@mil_hub published a detailed methodological material for VAN and ELINT/EW operators: signatures of different links (ExpressLRS/Crossfire — narrow frequent pulses with FHSS; analog video — an 8–20 MHz "hump"; DJI OcuSync — dense 10/20/40 MHz blocks), choice of antennas (Omni for all-round coverage, Yagi/patch for direction-finding), typical mistakes (turning on EW and the detector at the same time blinds the receiver) (source). Separately — an important practical nuance: fiber-optic FPVs emit no radio signals and are not detected by portable RF detectors.

Caution with AI for identifying hardware

@payloadUAV reminds: OpenAI's official documentation directly warns that models may incorrectly determine orientation and the relative position of parts and count objects only approximately — the output should be treated as a hypothesis, not a reliable identification (source).

Skepticism about an aerosol screen against drones (China)

@rybar analyzes a Chinese experiment with an aerosol screen hiding vehicles from UAV optical guidance. Assessment: the cloud requires installations like "Zemledeliye," which would have to be brought up to the line of contact under strikes from drones with a large combat radius; test range conditions ≠ real ones. The idea is not useless, but it works only in combination with specialized APS (source).

[TECH] Connecting the PiGo Wing GNSS board (ComNAV K902) to Ardupilot for flights under spoofing

@mil_hub — a practical guide to the Vanavara Digital geodetic board: configuring NMEA output at 115200 baud/5 Hz, an RS-232→TTL converter (MAX3232), working with two GNSS receivers of different protocols (Ublox + Unicore), Ardupilot parameters (source, source). The topic of alternative navigation under GPS jamming.

Military space and data from space

NRO expanded contracts for commercial SAR — Capella, Iceye, Umbra

The US National Reconnaissance Office expanded contracts with Capella Space, Iceye and Umbra for the supply of radar imagery. SAR sees the surface day and night and through cloud cover. @GoDrone concludes: the state brings in private players, gets direct access to imaging, archives and analytics, embedding them into the overall intelligence system (source). Russian agencies are urged to copy the approach — work faster with commercial operators and assemble a single picture from all sources.

update Rassvet (Bureau 1440) — a website for tracking the constellation via TLE

The website findrassvet.ru has appeared, tracking the orbit raising of the "Rassvet" satellites via the NORAD catalog from their first day in orbit (a chart across the entire TLE archive, a map, 3D), with data updated every 3 hours (source.

Khayaam 1 (a Russian-built Iranian Earth observation satellite) — raising its orbit after the US strike

Western observers record: the Iranian Earth observation satellite Khayaam 1 (built by JSC "VNIIEM," a version of the Russian military project "Razbeg," resolution ~0.7 m) has begun raising its orbit. There were fears that the US strike of February 28, 2026 had destroyed the control center — but the spacecraft is controllable (source).

Aist-ST — a Russian small SAR satellite

Russia tested the small radar satellite for detailed Earth observation "Aist-ST" — it is claimed to be the first in the world in its class (@etozhesuper, source). A claim to breaking the Western monopoly on radar observation from space.

update Satellite imagery — the attack on "Tamanneftegaz" and an S-400 position

Dnipro Osint publishes satellite imagery of the results of the attack on the "Tamanneftegaz" oil terminal (a fire in the tank farm, July 30) (source) and confirmation of the destruction of an S-400 launcher in Gelendzhik by coordinates (source). An example of OSINT on top of commercial imagery (Vantor, ex-Maxar, is used).

Under the radar

[TECH] "Tsar" — a linear stack of helices for 1.2–1.8 GHz for the "Spektr" receiver

@mil_hub (👁505) analyzes in detail an antenna from "Vsem po Antenne": a linear stack of helices, linear polarization, covering several bands with a single antenna. VSWR 1.05 at 1.227 GHz, the whole 1.1–1.7 GHz segment below 1.6, gain ~15 dBi, field range — tens of km (source). Underrated practical material on ground equipment for working with different aircraft.

Royal Navy: controlling a UAV swarm via MANET from a Wildcat helicopter

@wingsofwar (↗7): the British connected a Wildcat helicopter, several UAVs and ground units with a secure Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) at a distance of >320 km. Operators received video from several vehicles, detected targets, and took over control of enemy drones at a distance. The next stage is integrating satellite links for global swarm control. The Wildcat is planned to be replaced by unmanned systems by 2035 (source). An early signal of combat swarm control in NATO.

SwarmOS-like concepts in Taiwan + FPV from USVs

At the "Han Kuang 42" exercise (↗0) a kill chain was practiced: a reconnaissance UAV from a boat detects a naval target → a kamikaze drone simulates a diving strike → a group of strike quadcopters in ambush behind coastal barriers attacks (source). Taiwanese drone operators on Matsu use FPVs against naval targets (source).

British anti-aircraft drones in "Nova Poshta" boxes — again

@milinfolive: British volunteer Richard Woodruff again demonstrates the handover of interceptor drones in "Nova Poshta" boxes, ignoring requests not to show the logo (source). An OPSEC failure on the Ukrainian side.

Priority 2. Military innovation (Ukraine, Europe, NATO)

NATO: three tech companies for the next-generation eAirC2 air defense system

[TECH, from PDF] NATO signed contracts with Anduril (the Lattice platform), Palantir (Foundry) and France's Athea SAS to develop software for next-generation air defense coordination — the Enhanced Air Command and Control program (source). Key points:

• 32 participating countries; 9 months of pilot deployment of each platform, then the selection of one for the entire alliance.

• The problem being solved: the national systems of 32 countries were created decades apart, with incompatible software — the "patchwork" slows reaction.

• Lattice integrates radars + cameras + SIGINT + jammers + interceptors, detection/neutralization of drones in seconds rather than minutes; preserves data sovereignty.

• US Army (March 2026): a contract with Anduril of up to $20 billion over 10 years, consolidating 120+ contracts.

• Athea is a political move: NATO is building up European defense-technological potential.

PAC-3 ACE and Lockheed for $53.86 billion — scaling up US air defense

The cheaper PAC-3 ACE interceptor: the first flight test in 18 months, serial production in a few years; cost 1/3–1/2 of the MSE (up to $2 million), retains ballistic interception (source, source). External analysis: Lockheed received a $53.86 billion/7-year contract for the PAC-3 MSE and plans to triple capacity by 2030 (source). ⚠️ Raytheon and Lockheed are wary of giving Kyiv a license to produce Patriot SAMs — they fear competition: Ukrainians could set up production faster and cheaper (source).

update Ukrainian-American S-300 modernization — making up for the Patriot shortage

A program to modernize the S-300PT/PS has started: replacement of the engines and control systems of the 5V55/48N6 missiles, component repair. The US acquired S-300 elements in Russia/Belarus in 1994–95 for study, which will speed up the work. The new missile is a modernization of the 48N6 with increased range and warhead weight; production potentially up to 100 units/year (optimistically up to 300), completion of some stages by the end of 2026 (source).

MQ-25 Stingray — Theodore Roosevelt is the first ready for UAV tankers

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) became the first in the US Navy with a certified control center for MQ-25 carrier-based unmanned tankers. Next is the USS Ronald Reagan (by the end of August). Deliveries of the MQ-25s themselves are lagging: initial operational capability is now February 2029 (2024 was planned). Procurement plans — 76 aircraft; the MQ-25 is seen as the first step toward air wings that are half unmanned (source).

CV90/BvS10: BAE Systems is increasing output by 400%

BAE Systems will increase production of CV90 IFVs and BvS10 all-terrain vehicles by 400% due to demand in Europe: ~300 vehicles in 2026, >400 in 2027 (source).

Saab Giraffe 1X — >300 counter-drone radars per year

External analysis: Sweden's Saab is increasing output of the Giraffe 1X compact radars for detecting small UAVs to >300 units/year to meet global demand catalyzed by the war in Ukraine (source).

DoD: $2 billion into batteries, critical minerals and magnets; an aluminum crisis

The Pentagon is investing >$2 billion in supply chains for batteries, critical minerals and magnets (source). In parallel, @rybar notes: the US risks being left without high-purity aluminum (99.99%) for the defense industry — the only major Century Aluminum plant has been idle since 2022, ~90% of imports come from the UAE, and strikes on plants in the Persian Gulf and the blockade of Hormuz have driven up prices (source).

DARPA Lift Challenge — heavy cargo UAVs of a new class

The DARPA program aims to lift a payload 4 times the vehicle's own weight (currently — roughly its own weight). The demo course simulates real logistics: 5 nautical miles, power management, thermal constraints, communications (source). America's Burl Aerospace presented the Alpha concept shaped like a helicopter rotor with 4 electric motors (source).

India: FCAS, Embraer E2 vs SJ-100

India has begun steps toward joining the French 6th-generation fighter program FCAS (source). Separately, Embraer is negotiating with IndiGo on the sale of dozens of E2s — a potential threat to the prospects of the Russian SJ-100, which UAC is promoting through HAL (source).

Priority 3. Conflict development and forecast signals

Naval/logistics blockade as a strategy. The key trend of the day is the systematic strangulation of Ukrainian sea and land logistics. A massive strike on Odesa Oblast (according to various data, 70–90 "Gerans" + 20+ missiles, including "Oniks," "Iskander," "Banderol," Kh-31P): the AFU admitted that not a single missile was shot down over the region (source). The ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk (POL depots), the Odesa CHP plant, and seven electrical substations were hit. The bridge at Mayaky (the only artery to the Danube ports after the Black Sea blockade) was damaged but not put out of action — the adversary stresses the importance of systematic pressure (source). Turkish dry cargo ships were attacked; Turkey began restricting shipping, then resumed passage (source).

Diplomatic probing against a background of military pressure. A forecast signal: pro-Russian channels (@darpaandcia, @barantchik, @uav_tech) unanimously warn of attempts to "talk" Moscow into a pause — the visit of Witkoff and Kushner, Turkey's proposal (Fidan) of a moratorium on strikes in the Black Sea, unblocking the ports as a "new grain deal." The thesis: continuing the current strategy is critical for Russia, diplomacy — later. US intelligence (WSJ) revised its assessment: Russia may "test NATO's resolve" in 2026–2029 through hybrid operations (source).

Turkish arms package for Kyiv. Turkey sold Ukraine (with US permission) 12 M270 launchers, 70 M39 ATACMS ballistic missiles, 2524 M26 rockets with DPICM, ~47 thousand M509A1 shells (source). @rogozin_do and @rybar note the cognitive dissonance of Turkish policy (simultaneously weapons for Kyiv and "concern about escalation").

Incident in Germany — a Russian trail. US intelligence (WSJ) believes that the explosive-laden drone that attacked Ukrainian cargo aviation at Leipzig/Halle airport is likely Russian (source) — an expansion of the geography of sabotage UAVs onto NATO territory. A similar incident: an unidentified drone exploded near a gas pipeline on the Bulgarian-Romanian border (source).

Russian drone industry: a wave of arrests. The third arrest in a short period — the management of "Drone Solutions" (Khazaliya, Barbasov) on fraud charges; earlier — the deputy head of the UAV department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Polovchenya, and the "EFKO"/"Transport of the Future" group (source). Insiders do not rule out the questioning of Minister of Industry and Trade Alikhanov in the case of Chinese drones supplied under the guise of Russian ones (source). @zas_svo formulates the systemic problem: billions flow through NTI/"Skolkovo"/"Rosatom" funds amid a chronic shortage of interceptors at the front — the measure of success remains the budget spent, not the units delivered.

What are the Chinese comrades up to?

The "Han Kuang 42" exercise — Taiwan is testing anti-landing defense with drones. For the first time, the main scenario included the threat of the outlying islands of Ludao and Lanyu being seized as Chinese missile bases (potentially MLRS with a range of 300–500 km against the east coast). The critical period is the first 48–72 hours. The bet is on the HIMARS M142, "Hsiung Feng-3" anti-ship missiles, Javelin ATGM systems, Stinger MANPADS (source). Strike drones with drops were used for the first time; drone operators are practicing FPV against naval targets (source).

A Chinese laser system against mosquitoes → against drones. Engineers have created a laser that detects insects by radar and kills them with a beam without chemicals; a version against small drones is being prepared on the same technology (source).

KongJing-3000 — a new test flight. Another flight of the Chinese KJ-3000 AEW&C aircraft (08.08) (source).

China is building up its anti-ship potential. External analysis: the hypersonic YJ-20 (VLS of the Type 052D destroyer) and the ramjet-powered YJ-19 (>Mach 5) on the Type 039B non-nuclear submarine — the first in the world with such a weapon. This will force the US to direct more resources to defending aircraft carriers in a Taiwan scenario (source).

Large-scale purges in the PLA. Of 27 positions at the level of theater commander and above, 21 have no confirmed head; only 6 full generals are in service. Xi needs to re-form the military top brass by the PLA's 100th anniversary (August 1, 2027). The hardest hit is the Rocket Force (all 4 of its commanders in history have been removed/repressed) (source). The former deputy head of the defense department, Zhang Jianghua, received 10 years for corruption (source).

China–Belarus: the "Shenying-2026" exercise. Joint airborne exercises in Hubei Province (mid-to-late August), the theme — counterterrorism in urban terrain, the fourth in the series (source).

What to watch

  1. Russian GPS-free navigation exposed (SineLink/SNS). This is a strategically important signal: Russia has a working ground-based substitute for satellite navigation on the "inverted GPS" principle with a range of 120 km. Ukrainians have received a full direction-finding methodology and are simultaneously developing their own analog — the navigation race under mutual GPS jamming is reaching a new level.
  1. The "Arena-M" APS against FPV — not a panacea, but not useless either. Both sides agree: the system really does shoot down FPVs (up to 7 per tank), but 12 charges cannot withstand the drone spam of 2026. @rybar's key conclusion — the future belongs to the combination of "mass + technology," including uncrewed armored vehicles with specialized APS.
  1. NATO for the first time is putting money and deadlines into eliminating the "patchwork" of air defense (eAirC2). Anduril Lattice, Palantir Foundry and France's Athea will prove over a 9-month pilot their ability to integrate the systems of 32 countries with reaction "in seconds." This architectural shift is more important than any new weapons platform.
  1. The naval blockade of Odesa as a method of breaking the Ukrainian economy. The AFU's admission of zero missile interceptions + strikes on bridges to the Danube ports + attacks on ships = systematic strangulation of logistics. Against this background — diplomatic probing (Witkoff/Kushner, the Turkish moratorium), which the pro-Russian contour interprets as an attempt to "talk" Moscow into a pause.
  1. A wave of arrests in the Russian drone industry exposes a systemic problem. Three arrests in a row + a possible questioning of Minister Alikhanov in the case of Chinese drones passed off as Russian. A shortage of interceptors at the front amid billions that went through state funds — a signal that "paper import substitution" is entering a phase of tough investigations.

Top mil-tech signals of the day

  1. ↗117 · 👁1125 · @payloadUAV — SineLink - the beacon that stays silent. How the enemy's satellite-free navigation works…
  2. ↗24 · 👁251 · @quadro_code — SineLink - the beacon that stays silent. How the enemy's satellite-free navigation works…
  3. ↗588 · 👁11196 · @kcpn2014 — How to find a person by their face. Enemy OSINT. Lesson 3 🔔The KTsPN analytical center contin…
  4. ↗484 · 👁9346 · @fpvcovenant — SineLink - the beacon that stays silent. How the enemy's satellite-free navigation works…
  5. ↗23 · 👁505 · @mil_hub — SineLink - the beacon that stays silent. How the enemy's satellite-free navigation works…
  6. ↗24 · 👁599 · @RuporOfBattle — How to find a person by their face. Enemy OSINT. Lesson 3 🔔The KTsPN analytical center contin…
  7. ↗60 · 👁1715 · @darpaandcia — With a naval blockade of the ports of Greater Odesa and an air campaign against logistics in…
  8. ↗17 · 👁660 · @militaryrussiaru — Many people track the satellites of the "Rassvet" constellation from Bureau 1440 via the NO… catalog
  9. ↗27 · 👁1193 · @Technology_Victory — Onboard AI computers for UAVs: NVIDIA Jetson, Arduino VENTUNO Q, Raspberry Pi…
  10. ↗11 · 👁505 · @militaryrussiaru — 🇺🇸🇺🇦🚀 A curious article on the start of implementation of a joint Ukrainian-American prog…