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Daily digest › 27 August 2026

Daily digest, 27 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, space
  2. Military space and space-based data
  3. External analysis
  4. Priority 2. Military innovation (Ukraine, Europe, NATO)
  5. Priority 3. Conflict developments and forecast signals
  6. What to watch
  7. What's new in UAVs and counter-UAV (condensed list)
  8. Under the radar
  9. What are the Chinese comrades up to?
  10. Top mil-tech signals of the day

Priority 1. UAVs, C-UAS, military AI, space

update Strike on Donetsk — JASSM/ERAM-type cruise missiles used for the first time, not Storm Shadow

A massive strike on Donetsk on August 26 (8–9 missiles on the block near the "Donetsk City" shopping center, hits on a parking garage-bunker and the former "GosNIIplastmass"). Initially "Flamingo" missiles were reported, then a combined strike. Key point: a double wing attachment was recorded on the debris, which is uncharacteristic of Storm Shadow/SCALP (a single axis) — this is a sign of the AGM-158 JASSM or the new American AGM-188A Rusty Dagger (ERAM) source. In parallel, a SCALP-EG fragment with MBDA France markings was also found source. The strike was probably a combined one, with missiles of different types and different RCS, some of which were intercepted. If ERAM is confirmed, this is the combat debut of a new cheap long-range class of cruise missiles at the front. [TECH] The posts contain a comparison of wing attachment schemes of different missiles.

update Geran-5 — a sharp increase in the use of jet-powered kamikaze drones in August

Monitoring resources record a multiple increase in the use of jet-powered "Geran-5" source. Footage of overflights over Chernihiv (strikes on depots) has become daily source. The speed of the jet-powered versions, ~480 km/h, brings them close to cheap cruise missiles; Ukraine's short-range air defense was built for piston-engine "Gerans" and cannot cope with the jet-powered ones. At the same time, the use of the "Banderol" and the "Geran-4" is growing.

RM-48U — up to 17 converted S-400 launchers for ground strikes, French components found

Ukraine's HUR: Russia has deployed 5 special missile groups (Bryansk, Rostov oblasts), and up to 17 S-400 launchers have been converted for ballistic strikes on ground targets with RM-48U missiles (a conversion of the 48N6 family of surface-to-air missiles) source. Use has grown from ~15 missiles/month (Jan–July) to 46 in the first 20 days of July. Up to 500 such missiles are planned for 2026. Separately: French 3SP Technologies laser modules for gyroscopes have been identified in the RM-48U source. Estimated specifications: range 350 km, warhead up to 200 kg, speed up to 2.5 km/s.

DARTS 2 — a Ukrainian long-range kamikaze with integrated Starlink

DARTS has unveiled the DARTS 2 strike aircraft: range up to 250 km, warhead up to 10 kg in an internal bay, cruise 80 km/h (max 140 km/h). Key point — a Starlink satellite modem integrated into the fuselage as standard and the Norda terminal guidance system (day/thermal camera with automatic target holding) source. This is yet another vehicle where Starlink becomes a standard element of a long-range drone rather than a workaround.

F-Drones F5 — an assault FPV in two communication variants (radio and fiber optic)

Ukraine's F-Drones has unveiled the F5, a 5-inch carbon strike FPV for assault units: payload up to 1 kg, versions with a jam-resistant radio channel (radius up to 13 km) and with fiber optic (~6 km, immune to EW) source.

update Merops/Surveyor — the AS3 interceptor officially in the 9th Brigade of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces

The American AS3 interceptor (in the AS3-IR and training AS3-IR-T variants) from the Merops system (ground control station + launcher + Surveyor interceptor drones) has been assigned to a unit that has become part of the 9th Separate Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces source.

Alexa Spatium — a Ukrainian turbojet interceptor of jet-powered "Gerans"

Ukraine's MoD has reported the delivery to the troops of the Alexa Spatium interceptor with TV and IR guidance, capable of hitting "Gerans" of the 3rd/4th/5th generations. The turbojet engine allows it to catch up with long-range drones; the design is modular (manual or algorithmic guidance, return in case of a miss), adapted for HE-frag, shaped-charge and thermobaric warheads source.

The Fourth Law — combat use of an FPV with autonomous terminal guidance against camouflaged artillery

Ukraine's TFL has shown an FPV with autonomous terminal guidance in action: after the module was activated, the drone independently continued the attack and hit camouflaged Russian artillery, despite EW and loss of signal beyond the radio horizon source. This is practical confirmation that autonomy on the "terminal" leg works in real combat.

update Arena-M — a bid to increase the APS ammunition load from 12 to 36 counter-munitions

The enemy writes about the start of work to expand the ammunition load of the Russian "Arena-M" active protection system from 12 to 36 counter-munitions (deadline — by Q1 2027); there is no confirmation yet source. The modernization is logical: dozens of FPV drones, not single ones, are used against one tank in a prolonged attack.

The Russian C-UAS station "Pole-31" in the SMO zone

Combat use of the "Pole-31" satellite navigation jamming station has begun: range at least 2 km, it jams GPS/GLONASS/Beidou/Galileo in the 1162–1300 and 1550–1630 MHz bands source.

A flying pistol interceptor (Russia, patent)

St. Petersburg developers have patented a folding pocket interceptor drone to be carried in a holster: automatic unfolding of the arms in seconds, a kinetic module with caseless electrically primed projectiles, a swappable battery-and-weapon compartment source. Its real effectiveness is questionable — so far there are only patent drawings.

update Airborne interception of "Gerans" — Ukraine has integrated interception systems for launch from the Mi-8

Ukraine has adapted anti-aircraft interceptor UAVs for launch from the Mi-8 helicopter for rapid relocation of launchers, keeping strike UAVs within the engagement zone longer and concentrating against a massed raid source. The Russian analog is implemented via army aviation (Ka-52 with aircraft cannons and modified high-speed ATGMs). The trend is toward simplified mass-produced air-to-air missiles.

Military AI: GLM-5.3-Flash — an open multimodal model for closed military networks

Z.ai has released a 320-billion-parameter MoE model (18 billion active), context up to 1 million tokens, weights open under MIT. The FP8 version needs ~306 GiB of VRAM — not for an aircraft, but for a headquarters/design bureau server. Applied scenarios: technical intelligence and OSINT, analysis of equipment markings, an assistant for closed manual databases, analysis of test telemetry source. The point is a local analytical AI without uploading data to an external cloud. [TECH] The post contains deployment parameters (vLLM, tensor parallelism on 4 accelerators).

[TECH] Compromise of Signal CDSI: the SGX enclave private key extracted

A breakdown of an attack (V12) on Signal's contact discovery service: through two object lifetime bugs in the SGX enclave (duplication of a shard handler + a TOCTOU race), the 32-byte private key of the Noise responder was extracted, which allows an untrusted server operator to see which numbers a user is checking. The post-quantum combination (X25519+Kyber1024) does not help — the key is pulled out of memory, bypassing cryptography. Signal has fixed both bugs source. Important: the enemy widely uses Signal as a field communications tool. The post contains a full technical breakdown.

DARKNAVY obtained full root on a new-generation Starlink terminal through a hardware attack (SpaceX's software protection could not be bypassed). The key conclusion of the breakdown: root gave only a "bare shell" — storage is protected by three independent layers (a hash tree, block-level integrity checking, block device encryption), the RF part is moved to an unprivileged user, and the built-in audit keeps logging the attacker's commands. Separately: the terminal always knows its exact coordinates and orientation (a condition for the phased array to work) and is physically obliged to emit a narrow beam upward — that is, it can be direction-found regardless of any hack source. A lesson for Russian manufacturers: privilege separation, keys in silicon, independent logging.

MILELRS 5.30 — changing the frequency hopping generator did not save it from per-channel jamming

A breakdown of the fifth version of the Ukrainian MILELRS communication protocol: in v5, the non-cryptographic bit mixer has been replaced by the cryptographic HalfSipHash-2-4, and the hopping table has been expanded from 2^24 to 2^31. Conclusion: the channel hopping sequence is still recoverable, as in v4 source. The post contains an up-to-date table of SF modes and packet rates for sub-GHz and 2.4 GHz.

AV-TTL Switch — a Ukrainian board for switching up to 8 communication boards (fiber optic/radio)

The device simultaneously switches video (AV), control/data (Rx/Tx) and power between 2–8 communication boards with a single remote control channel; supports CRSF, SBUS, Mavlink, JST GH 1.25 mm connectors source. It makes it possible to assemble multi-channel communication systems without switching each line separately.

Military space and space-based data

update "Rassvet" (Bureau 1440) — the second group of satellites failed to rise to operational orbits

The second batch of 16 spacecraft of the Russian analog of Starlink (launched on July 19 from Plesetsk to 290–327 km) is experiencing systemic problems by the end of August: none has risen above 360 km, two have dropped below 300 km with practically no maneuvers and may deorbit, and three more have stopped rising and are descending. The entire second group is rising noticeably worse than the March one (a lag of ~200 km at a comparable stage) source. The US Space Force is monitoring the situation. The context is important: WP writes about the rapid deployment of "Rassvet" as a solution to the problem of Starlink cutoffs for the Russian Armed Forces source — the orbital problems directly contradict this.

Speculation has appeared about the resumption of negotiations on Starlink operation over Russian territory (possibly with a 200-km border zone carved out), which would give Ukraine the ability to strike tactical ballistic missile systems in depth source. This is directly linked to Zelensky awarding Elon Musk the Order of Freedom source — an attempt to obtain permission to use Starlink-equipped drones deep inside Russia. This is a key forecast signal on the depth of Ukrainian strikes.

Britain (Royal Navy): the first distributed radar network without GNSS, on atomic clocks

Aquark Technologies + Saab UK conducted on the vessel XV Patrick Blackett the first test of a distributed military radar network without GNSS: data synchronization was provided by AQlock atomic clocks (a "super-molasses trap", atoms are cooled by lasers almost to absolute zero). Two clocks at different points reached an acceptable time signal in less than 30 minutes, and the Giraffe 1X radar received timing instead of GNSS; jamming simulation confirmed operability source. A direct response to the vulnerability of GNSS to spoofing/jamming.

External analysis

  • Navigation without GPS: C-band penetrates heavy jamming on standard hardware. TrustPoint and NovAtel have for the first time demonstrated C-band navigation signals working under active GNSS jamming on a serial commercial receiver platform (NAVAIR contract, SBIR Phase II). The higher frequency of the C-band provides different jamming resistance than the GPS L-band and could become a backup for military aviation and autonomous platforms without replacing equipment source. This complements the British atomic clock topic: the West is developing several paths away from vulnerable GPS in parallel.
  • The US missile production crisis is systemic, not financial. Expenditure of ~1700 Patriots in 5 weeks against production of 600/year means replenishment over 3 years; stocks of key munitions are depleted by 30–80%; China controls ~100% of global gallium production for missile components. The priorities are multi-year contracts, supplier diversification and a shift to cheap interceptors/lasers/microwaves, since expensive missiles against cheap "Shaheds" are economically unsustainable source. This is external confirmation of what Russian-language channels write about the economics of interception.
  • "Drone versus drone" as a separate air defense segment. An external analysis (topwar) records the formation of a class of ~$2,500 interceptors against ~$200,000 strike UAVs — a 1:80 cost ratio in favor of the defense source. The thesis coincides with Ukrainian practice (Alexa Spatium, integration of interceptors on the Mi-8) and Russian practice (mobile fire groups, "Malysh").
  • The mystery of the Chinese "J-20s" solved — they are training mock-ups for firefighting. The War Zone confirms: the silhouettes near Chinese air bases spotted on 2022/2025 satellite imagery are trainers for airfield fire crews (the 2025 version is closer to the J-35). The real signal is not the mock-ups themselves but the scale of the infrastructure for the J-20 fleet (~500 units now, up to 1000 by 2030) source. It duplicates a Chinese topic from the Russian-language sphere but removes the conspiracy angle.
  • Ex-minister Fedorov: Ukraine has "a few months" and no strategy. In an interview with Defense News/Reuters, Fedorov stated that Ukraine is losing the war; a technical solution (autonomous AI drones, cheap anti-aircraft missiles against ballistic missiles, its own ballistic program) exists but is not being implemented due to corruption, the lack of a unified vision and government inefficiency source. A sharp signal from inside the Ukrainian defense establishment.
  • Russia is moving from "defend yourselves" to nationalizing unprotected facilities. The War Zone analyzes Putin's decree on the right to temporarily seize commercial critical infrastructure whose owners failed to protect it from UAVs or delayed restoration; previously, businesses were allowed to buy air defense themselves. Ukrainian strikes have brought Russian oil exports down to 3.46 million barrels/day and Ozon shares down by almost 30% source. External confirmation that the drone campaign has shifted to the civilian economy.
  • The US Army has closed its experimental "unmanned assault battalion". Task & Purpose: the experiment (3-504 PIR), created in January 2025 based on Ukrainian experience, was wound down a few months after a change of chief of staff, without a public report — unlike the Marines, who brought their two-year experiment to changes in force structure source. It shows that even NATO struggles to institutionalize the lessons of drone warfare.

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

US: FireAnt on the Bradley — an IFV as a carrier of a swarm of ground drones

The US Army has tested mounting FireAnt ground robots (Swarmbotics AI) on the side mounts of the M2A4 Bradley (1st Cavalry Division) — five vehicles at a time. The compact robot weighs ~27 kg and works in a swarm (6–8 vehicles per operator) with AI coordination; functions — reconnaissance, relay, EW, strike asset. Example: during an assault, a Bradley drops off a swarm that drives into a dugout and detonates inside source. Plans — scaling up to hundreds of coordinated robots.

Ukraine: the "Kaban" remote control system turns a car into a UGV

Drone Fight Group has handed over "Kaban" systems to the 3rd Army Corps, the 429th "Achilles" Regiment and the 49th Brigade. It is installed without interfering with the car's design; the main channel is Starlink (plus analog radio video transmission), with an automatic emergency stop on loss of communication and a built-in digital map with a "driver assistant" source. Use: evacuation, delivery, supplying positions without risk to people.

UFORCE MV11 (Magura) — Europe's largest USV carrier with 18 air defense interceptors

British-Ukrainian UFORCE has unveiled the MV11 USV: 12 m long, payload 2.2 t, endurance up to 7 days, range >2000 miles. In the configuration shown — 18 vertically launched "Sting" interceptor drones; a 12.7-mm remote weapon module and a radar for detecting/tracking air targets are provided for. Essentially a naval platform for shipborne air defense against UAVs source.

BETA Technologies MV250 — a dual-use hybrid tiltrotor

A military adaptation of the Alia 250 platform: payload up to 907 kg, ceiling 6 km, speed 315 km/h, radius >400 km; logistics, ISR, casualty evacuation. Autonomy on the MATRIX system (Sikorsky); the wing is made in hours instead of 6 weeks by eliminating thousands of fasteners source.

Italy/France: 4 SAMP/T NG batteries for Ukraine + a license to produce Aster 30 missiles

La Repubblica/Militarnyi: by early 2027, Ukraine will receive 4 SAMP/T NG systems (purchased with an EU loan), 7 long-range radars and Aster 30 missiles from Italian stocks (some in October); France is handing over one SAMP/T with new radars. The key point is that Ukraine will be allowed local production of the Aster 30. The package costs ~€3 billion source.

Finland: a €14 million FPV order for conscript training (Insta Group)

A multi-year contract with Insta Group: 7- and 10-inch FPV drones (can carry warheads), training is being expanded to all brigade-level units and includes personnel training, spare parts and maintenance [source](https://t.me/RuporOfBattle/922]. Part of broader Finnish-Ukrainian cooperation (Airlogix/Innokas, Patria/General Cherry, Tencore/Insta on the TerMIT 2.0 UGV).

Turkey (FNSS): the U-MAV amphibious combat robot

At TEKNOFEST Mavi Vatan, the U-MAV (İ-ZAHA) uncrewed amphibious vehicle was unveiled: 8 t, 7 knots on water / 70 km/h on land, 300 hp engine, a payload module swappable in ~40 min (10 scenarios — from fire support to EW and evacuation). For the first time on an uncrewed vehicle — the Armor Integrity armor structural integrity monitoring system, an encrypted mesh network, AI video processing source. Intended for the first wave of a landing instead of crewed vehicles.

Russia: localization of class 7 printed circuit boards at 10 plants by 2030

The "PCB Consortium" + the Ministry of Industry and Trade have prepared a list of 10 enterprises for boards of the highest (7th) accuracy class. The most ambitious are "Yadro Fab Dubna" (>14.4 million sq. dm/year, 16 layers) and GS Group (up to 29.4 million sq. dm, 20 layers). Currently ~81% of boards in Russia are imported ($255 million in 2024) source. Critical for drone manufacturing — a bottleneck in the component base.

Russia: a decree on state management of facilities unprotected from UAVs + fiscal relief for protection

On August 26, Manturov held a meeting on improving the protection of facilities; a reduction of the fiscal burden on companies investing in protection against UAVs was discussed source. This is the flip side of the decree on temporary seizure of critical infrastructure for ineffective protection (see the external analysis block).

Priority 3. Conflict developments and forecast signals

Defense of Donbas's "fortress belt" — concentration of the best forces. Zelensky announced the creation of two new groupings in the controlled part of the DPR: under the command of Denys Prokopenko (currently the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov", Dobropillia direction) and Andriy Biletsky (currently the 3rd Army Corps, the Borova–Lyman–Sloviansk–Kramatorsk–Kostiantynivka line) source. Madyar announced "total synchronization" with the Unmanned Systems Forces and the shortest "sensor–shooter" chain source. DeepState records a critical situation near Kostiantynivka (infiltration into the city) and Chasiv Yar, and alarming signals near Sloviansk (Mykolaivka) source. Forecast: intensification of Russian strikes on the logistics and energy hubs of Donbas and the Azov region.

Escalation of missile strikes on Ukraine. Bloomberg (citing sources in the Kremlin): negotiations have reached a dead end, Moscow is preparing more massive ballistic strikes on central Kyiv; some officials allow for the use of tactical nuclear weapons "as a last resort" (there are no concrete signs of preparation) source. Separately, a strike on Kyiv within the next 48 hours is reported to be in preparation source.

The campaign against refineries and logistics continues to hit Russia's economy. According to OSINT calculations (Clément Molin), since the beginning of the year there have been 81 strikes on 28 refineries; 17 of the 20 largest have been attacked source. Lukoil's main refineries have been halted (Kstovo after the strike on August 26, Perm, Volgograd) source. MSC has stopped accepting bookings for Novorossiysk after an attack on a container ship source. Grain exports have fallen 2.5-fold, ~70 vessels are stuck at the mouth of the Danube.

CIA Director Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow (C-17). Trump called the visit "part of the routine" of ending the war in Ukraine and denied versions about a warning regarding mobilization/an attack on Britain source. Iranian sources: Ratcliffe conveyed a demand to pressure Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, Moscow refused source. A telling detail for the space and communications sphere: the visit coincided with signals of negotiations on Starlink over Russia.

What to watch

  1. A new class of long-range cruise missiles at the front. Debris in Donetsk with a double wing attachment points to a possible combat debut of the AGM-158 JASSM or AGM-188A ERAM — a cheaper mass-produced long-range threat, distinct from the piece-built Storm Shadow.
  1. Starlink as a bargaining chip. Simultaneously: signals of negotiations on Starlink operation over Russia, Zelensky awarding Musk an order, the standard integration of Starlink into the DARTS 2 and a breakdown of its physical direction-findability. Satellite communications on the line of contact are a node where diplomacy, long-range strikes and vulnerability converge.
  1. "Rassvet" is stalling in orbit. The Russian analog of Starlink cannot raise its second group of satellites to operational orbits — a direct contradiction of claims about its rapid deployment as a replacement for the Starlink cut off from the Russian Armed Forces.
  1. The economics of interception has become a global consensus. A 1:80 ratio ($2.5 thousand interceptor versus a $200 thousand strike UAV), the Patriot shortage and China's gallium monopoly — the Russian-language, Ukrainian and Western spheres have converged on one thing: the future of air defense lies with cheap interceptor drones, lasers and microwaves.
  1. Autonomy on the "terminal" leg has entered combat. TFL has shown an FPV independently finishing off a target after loss of signal beyond the radio horizon and under EW — not a concept, but combat use. This is a direct response to mass EW and the main vector of FPV development.

What's new in UAVs and counter-UAV (condensed list)

• DARTS 2 (Ukraine) — 250 km long-range kamikaze with standard Starlink and Norda terminal guidance

• F-Drones F5 (Ukraine) — 5" assault FPV, radio (13 km) / fiber optic (6 km)

• Alexa Spatium (Ukraine) — turbojet interceptor of jet-powered "Gerans"

• AS3 interceptor as part of Merops — officially in the 9th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces

• FireAnt on the Bradley (US) — IFV as a carrier of a swarm of ground kamikaze drones

• U-MAV (Turkey) — amphibious combat robot with armor integrity monitoring

• "Kaban" (Ukraine) — turning a car into a UGV on Starlink

• MV11 (UFORCE) — USV carrying 18 air defense interceptors

• "Pole-31" (Russia) — GNSS jamming station, 2+ km

• Flying pistol interceptor (Russia) — folding, pocket-sized, patent

• The Mi-8 as a carrier of "Geran" interceptors (Ukraine)

• Arena-M — bid for an APS ammunition load from 12 to 36 (Russia, unconfirmed)

Under the radar

🔴 [TECH] Breakdown of the Signal compromise — critical for the enemy's field communications source (↗12). Extraction of a private key from Signal's SGX enclave bypassing post-quantum cryptography — given that Signal is widely used as a field communications tool. A full technical breakdown of the two vulnerabilities and the threat model.

🔴 Debugging an optical module on the Russian single-board computer ELTAY RM66 (ELRON) source (↗24). A detailed engineering log of replacing the camera with a monochrome OV9281 (global shutter, 120 fps) for optical flow: building the driver, compiling it into the kernel, thermal problems. Valuable as a real picture of the difficulties of the domestic component base for onboard machine vision.

🔴 MILELRS 5.30 — crypto primitives did not save it from per-channel jamming source (↗5). A breakdown of the Ukrainian protocol's switch to HalfSipHash-2-4 and the conclusion that the frequency hopping sequence is recoverable + an up-to-date SF/packet rate table. An underrated signal for EW specialists.

🔴 TSARSTVO — an app for radio reconnaissance and communications network planning source (↗13). An offline tool: calculation of the radio horizon, the Fresnel zone, diffraction by the Deygout method (in dB), accounting for vegetation, jamming/direction-finding zones for EW, position fixing from posts by the least squares method with an error ellipse. It works offline and transmits nothing.

🔴 CRPA versus "dummies" — how to tell a real antenna from a filter source (↗5). A practical breakdown: a real CRPA is an array of 4/5/7/9 elements with a spatial filtering processor (suppression of 40–60 dB), not a GPS antenna with a filter. In ChK, 4- and 8-element ones are used (the latter suppresses up to 7 sources). Important for buyers of counter-drone protection.

What are the Chinese comrades up to?

🔴 China is accelerating its anti-corruption purge in the PLA Rocket Force. The PRC MoD has resumed investigations into violations in military procurement (armaments ("missiles"), construction of facilities, food, medical equipment), calling for reports of corruption. At stake is the combat readiness of the nuclear and conventional missile arsenal ahead of the 2027 CPC Congress source.

🔴 China's Mizarvision is tracking the movements of Taiwanese air defense. Highly detailed satellite images (the same company that supplied Iran with data on US facilities) showed deployed "Tien Kung-3" systems near the Fengbitou fishing port during the "Han Kuang-42" exercise. Taiwan has moved to dispersed mobile air defense, but every new deployment area falls under PLA satellite and EW surveillance source.

🔴 China is developing a hypersonic glide vehicle carrying air-to-air missiles. Bloomberg: the HGV is to deliver air-to-air missiles over thousands of km to hit AEW&C aircraft (E-3/E-7), airborne command posts and tankers. The carriers are the Dongfeng-17 and, in the future, the Dongfeng-27; targeting is by a network of 500+ reconnaissance satellites. The goal is to push American air support away from the combat zone source.

🔴 Bangladesh is negotiating the purchase of up to 24 J-10CE. Dhaka is preparing a draft agreement with Beijing on the J-10CE and attack helicopters; interest grew after the India-Pakistan conflict of May 2025. So far only Pakistan operates the J-10CE; Uzbekistan has also shown interest source.

🔴 The Chinese uncrewed CAE/AI segment for the defense industry. A number of companies (索辰科技, 原力引擎) are developing physical world models, surrogate neural networks on top of CAE, and digital twins for aerospace tasks (flows, plasma, combustion, stage separation); 原力引擎 has raised ~50 million yuan from state funds for a "generative simulator" for fusion and complex mechanical engineering source. An infrastructure layer of military AI that rarely makes it into digests.

Top mil-tech signals of the day

  1. ↗18 · 👁450 · @theaterVD — 🚚🚀🇮🇹🇫🇷🇺🇦 Italy and France plan to hand over four SAMP/T SAM systems to Ukraine and locali…
  2. ↗16 · 👁420 · @theaterVD — 📡🇳🇴 "Kongsberg" has unveiled the Aegir SSA family of sonars for underwater surveilla…
  3. ↗15 · 👁422 · @RuporOfBattle — How to find a person. "Starting points". Enemy OSINT. Lesson 5 🔔Analytical cen…
  4. ↗146 · 👁4182 · @zas_svo — They hacked Starlink and got almost nothing. Let's figure out why On the twenty-fift…
  5. ↗14 · 👁422 · @theaterVD — 🛳🇦🇺 Australia has chosen the Henderson defense cluster site for AUKUS 🔷On 24 Au…
  6. ↗15 · 👁455 · @theaterVD — 🇺🇦The world's first drone parade was held in Kyiv On August 24, Kyiv hosted the…
  7. ↗13 · 👁396 · @theaterVD — 🚚🇸🇪 Sweden has received its first Archer 8×8 self-propelled guns 🔷Sweden has received its first four SPGs 🚚…
  8. ↗14 · 👁444 · @theaterVD — ✈️🇫🇮 Finland has ordered FPV drones worth up to 14 million euros from Insta 🔷The Defence Forces…
  9. ↗10 · 👁318 · @theaterVD — ⚓️The navies of Australia, the Philippines and the US, from August 19 to 25, 2026, in the f…
  10. ↗11 · 👁406 · @theaterVD — ✈️🇪🇸🇵🇱 Spain and Poland will jointly purchase A330 MRTT tanker aircraft for $6.4…