Daily digest, 2 October 2026

Priority 1. UAVs, counter-UAV, military AI and new technologies in conflicts

Ukraine and Russia: Russian strikes on bridges and energy with new warheads

update KRSN — Russia used "whiskered" Geran-4 against Kyiv's cable-stayed Southern Bridge for the first time; the "whiskers" turned out to be a mechanical contact fuze

Russia has moved a specialized warhead from power transmission line (PTL) towers to a major bridge across the Dnieper. The bridge was not destroyed, but traffic on it had to be halted. This shifts the objective from destroying the bridge to repeatedly taking it out of service.

KRSN (shaped-charge cutting special payload) is a main charge weighing about 40 kg plus four cutting modules. The Southern Bridge took two hits near the bearing section, followed by a repeat strike on the column with the stay cables. Klitschko reported damage to a pier, a crash barrier, the roadway and the metro fencing. Metro and surface transport traffic across the bridge was halted. Footage of the "Geran-4 Seeker" strike on the cable-stayed pylon was published by the 50th Varyag brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces source.

The purpose of the "whiskers" has become clear. According to Serhii "Flash", inside there is a metal tube and a rod: on contact they close and send the detonation command; there are no sensors source. The point of the design is to make sure the drone detonates against the lattice structure rather than slipping between its members. The first photo of KRSN debris has also appeared source.

[TECH] The Russian channel RussianArms explains how KRSN works: elongated elements with a crescent-shaped cross-section produce a flat shaped-charge jet. This is the same principle as in the Ukrainian Nizh and Duplet explosive reactive armor, only with larger elements source.

Russian engineering channels disagree on where to strike. Some consider the pylon, with a cross-section of about 2×5 m and concrete of at least grade B40, almost invulnerable without a tandem penetrating warhead source. Others point to the stay-cable anchorage nodes at the top of the pylons: losing even part of the cables pushes loads beyond design limits source. Both sides agree on the main point: two precise hits on the same spot by the same type of vehicle indicate the growing accuracy of remotely piloted Gerans.

In parallel, according to local public pages, jet UAVs were heading for the 750 kV Kyivska substation, which links the Rivne NPP to Kyiv.

update Geran-5 — jet drones made up 36% of the September raids, the interception rate fell to 81%

Jet-powered Gerans have become a mass class, and this is already visible in the statistics. According to a count by the Shrike channel, 6300 long-range drones attacked Ukraine in September, 2242 of them jet-powered source.

81% were shot down or suppressed. For comparison: 92% in May, 90% in March. For two months in a row the figure has stayed at its lowest level in a year. A series of Geran-5 strikes knocked out the Kyiv data center (DC) Parkovy: the company stated that restoring services at the site is impossible source.

The Russian MoD also reported other targets hit. These are the HOSTING-UA data center in Odesa, as well as the Renta Logistic logistics center in Kyiv, which, according to the Russian version, housed an unmanned surface vessel (USV) workshop. A dry cargo ship in the port of Chornomorsk was also claimed.

update Geran-4 — debris fell in Moldova; OSINT strengthens the hypothesis of relaying via Transnistria

The specimen found in Moldova provides physical confirmation of routes through the Transnistrian segment. On September 30 near Gîrbovăț, a drone exploded at an altitude of about 40 m in the area of a civilian operator's antenna. A second vehicle fell between Ivancea and Brănești: the tail section marked "Geran-4", electronic units and a turbojet engine were found at the site source.

InformNapalm recalls that HUR has already documented in the Geran-4 a mesh network modem from China's Xingkay Tech and a network switch. Hence the hypothesis of ground relay points in Transnistria. The authors themselves caveat that there is no direct evidence that a relay was used.

update 32-element Kometa CRPA — photos have appeared; 20- and 24-element versions will become standard

A CRPA (Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna — an adaptive antenna array that suppresses jamming and spoofing of satellite navigation) with 32 elements is now confirmed by photographs. According to the channel, this is still a test item. The standard version is planned to move from the current 16-element one to 20- and 24-element ones source.

The channel claims that Western electronic warfare (EW) assets in Ukraine are lagging "one step behind": even 12-element Kometas still work successfully. "Flash" is meanwhile publishing a 30-element antenna. It looks like the manufacturer is holding a margin of jamming resistance and is in no hurry to spend it.

Ukraine: long-range strikes and new weapons

Thor Hammer — Ukraine's SkyFall brings to market a mass-produced midstrike with AI terminal guidance and a plan of 5000 units per month

The Ukrainian side is getting another cheap long-range strike drone. Its declared volume is comparable to the scale of Russian Gerans. The manufacturer claims the drone is already in use at the front, but there is no confirmation.

[TECH] The post includes full specifications and the guidance scheme source. Key parameters:

• Range — 350 or 600 km depending on the variant; a 1000+ km version is in development.

• Speed — up to 180 km/h, ceiling up to 4000 m.

• Warhead — 40–50 kg, fragmentation, high-explosive fragmentation or other types.

• Wingspan 3.5 m, length 3 m.

• Launch from a pneumatic catapult or a rocket booster, including from a truck; deployment takes 18 minutes.

• Price — $25–30 thousand.

The control link is Starlink or other secure communications. Navigation is combined: satellite, inertial and an undisclosed "backup positioning". The guidance scheme is as follows: the drone flies its route with real-time video, calls the operator on approach, and after confirmation machine vision takes over terminal guidance. According to the manufacturer, this works even with complete loss of the radio and video link.

The production plan has grown fivefold: in July SkyFall promised 1000 units per month by the end of the year, now it talks about 5000.

update FP-7 — Zelensky announced the first combat use of the ballistic missile, no objective confirmation

Ukraine announced the transition of the FP-7 tactical ballistic missile to serial production. FP-7 was developed by Fire Point on the basis of the surface-to-air guided missile of the S-300 system, with a claimed range of about 250 km. According to Reuters, by August the missile had gone through about 15 test launches source.

Where and when the missile was launched is unknown; only a night video of the launch has been published. Russian channels suggest a test-range launch. Conclusion: so far this is a statement of readiness, not a confirmed combat result.

update Ruta Block 1 — debris published after the strike on the Rostov Optical-Mechanical Plant

Photos of components of the Destinus Ruta Block 1 small cruise missile have been published — according to the channel, the only ones on this resource so far. The images show the navigation unit, the radio modem and the radio link (some captions say "presumably"), and the T150 turbojet engine source.

A Russian engineering channel links the debris to the attack on the Rostov Optical-Mechanical Plant. It openly admits that with mass production of such missiles the current Russian "small sky" system will be overloaded source.

USF: September was a record month for strikes on Russian air defense

Strikes by the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) on anti-aircraft assets rose by 47% compared to August. This follows from a chart by OSINT researcher Kyle Glen source. According to the AFU General Staff, 86 air defense assets were hit during the month — a record for the entire war, against an average of 30 source.

The Ukrainian side also reported a repeat hit on the Russian Tsimbulovo drone port in Oryol Oblast.

Russia: counter-UAV and integrating the loop

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces: counter-UAV units have been added to the establishment of army air defense, reconnaissance is getting machine vision

Countering small drones in the Russian army is shifting from a task for individual crews to a permanent organizational structure. Ground Forces Commander-in-Chief Andrei Mordvichev said that counter-UAV units have been incorporated into army air defense formations, and this has created a separate layer of cover at extremely low altitudes source.

Other statements by the commander-in-chief:

• Machine vision and AI (artificial intelligence) are being introduced into tactical reconnaissance assets to detect small UAVs without an operator. The data goes into a unified information space.

• The Arena-M active protection system on the T-90M tank has been adapted against drones.

• Aerial and ground robots are being combined under unified control with real-time task reallocation.

• Missile troops and artillery are completing the transition to a reconnaissance-fire system. Earlier, the SVOD system underwent trial combat operation in the Center group of forces.

Expert Ruslan Pukhov calls communications the bottleneck: "Until we have a truly working system like Starlink, we will continue to fight in a fog."

The reality on the ground looks less orderly. Gunsmith Lobaev writes that 97% of enterprises buy "small air defense" just to tick a box, and an urgent order takes three weeks to get approved source.

Volunteers: Ukrainian strike drones cover a group of 40 UAVs by attacking mobile fire groups

Russian fighters of the Ivan Kalita detachment describe a new Ukrainian penetration scheme. Several strike drones break off from the common "swarm" and dive onto MFGs (mobile fire groups), clearing a path for the main group of 40 gasoline-powered UAVs source. If the scheme is confirmed, it marks a shift from simple saturation of air defense to suppressing its lower tier right during a raid.

Frontline robotics

Droid TW-12.7 — Ukrainian UGVs passed a NATO tactical network compatibility test together with Italy's ULISSE

DevDroid's Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) passed a test of compatibility with NATO infrastructure. Droid TW 7.62 and TW 12.7 worked together with the Italian ULISSE UGV in an assault scenario with artillery and infantry. The systems transmitted coordinates and video to a situational awareness system and were controlled via a common tactical network source.

DevDroid and Italy's ABET HTS are preparing a joint venture.

update Dropla 4x4 — Denmark has received nine UGVs and is studying fitting a machine-gun module

Nine unarmed platforms have arrived at the Danish Center for Unmanned Systems. They will be used to train operators, including conscripts. The FMI agency is studying the installation of a remotely controlled machine-gun module source. Dropla Tech is a Danish-Ukrainian project with research units in Ukraine.

Lyagushka UGV — troops have started using an engineering and logistics robot

The platform is intended primarily for engineering tasks, as well as for delivering water, rations and ammunition source. Specifications have not been disclosed.

Europe and NATO

The Bundeswehr will create its first unmanned systems regiment with a range of up to 500 km

Germany is transferring Ukrainian experience into the army's standing structure. The regiment will be part of the 10th Armored Division and will reach initial capability in 2027 source. It will include assets ranging from close support to an operational depth of about 500 km, an EW company and drone interceptors.

Initial strength is about 300 personnel, then 600. The regiment will also serve as a testing ground, and if successful, similar ones will appear in other divisions.

Unmanned surface vessels at the NATO exercise REPMUS 26

Ukraine's UFORCE deployed 11 USVs and 8 UAVs source. German-Israeli Flensburg Technology Systems showed the JOKER boat with group employment to saturate defenses source.

USA and other regions

Vadris — a US passive RF seeker turns an FPV into an operator hunter

The FPV drone homes not on the target but on the source of the control signal. CX2 has passed DIU (Defense Innovation Unit — the Pentagon's innovation unit) selection with a 540 g payload. Sensitivity is claimed to be on par with ELRS receivers (ExpressLRS — a popular FPV control protocol), so the detection range equals the range of the control link source.

The SDR (software-defined radio) version added the Crossfire and DJI OcuSync protocols in the 800 MHz–3 GHz range. More than 450 systems have been delivered to the US military. The channel notes: the 5.8 GHz band is not covered, so the "Zero escape" slogan is marketing for now source.

KASIRGA — Baykar's VTOL strike drone shown in Baku, with control via Bayraktar relay

At ADEX 2026 in Baku, Baykar showed a tail-sitter vehicle weighing up to 33 kg with an X-shaped wing and four rotors. It needs no launcher source.

Specifications:

• Strike configuration — 60 km and 30 minutes of flight.

• Reconnaissance — 90 km and 50 minutes.

• Payload — up to 6 kg, of which the warhead is up to 4 kg.

The link can be relayed via TB2, AKINCI or TB3. This provides control beyond terrain folds without separate ground infrastructure.

update Kub — KUB-10ME gets electro-optical guidance and a range of 120 km

Kalashnikov brought to ADEX an export version with an electro-optical system for target acquisition by the operator and EW protection. Range — up to 120 km versus "more than 100 km" in the May announcement source.

Other parameters: warhead 11 kg, cruising speed about 120 km/h, flight altitude 80–1800 m. According to the concern, KUB-2-E and KUB-10ME have been tested in mid-mountain terrain above 1500 m; next up is high mountains up to 4500 m source.

IronWeb — Israeli FPV protection for armored vehicles has so far only been shown stationary

ThirdEye Systems presented the system at ADEX. There were no demonstrations on a moving vehicle source.

Military AI, communications and cyber

update SPECTR — Ukrainian AI platform runs in an isolated loop; a 90% faster kill cycle claimed thanks to satellite imagery

New details about the platform of the A1 AI Center under Ukraine's MoD came from a translation by the Russian resource KTsPN. The center was created in March 2026 with UK support and is headed by Danylo Tsvok. SPECTR integrates with existing AFU systems, but can be run locally on physical devices, without access to open networks source.

The most interesting episode concerns an AFU unit in the southeast. It received high-resolution commercial satellite imagery in near real time, detected and struck a hidden Russian command post. A reduction in decision time of up to 90% is claimed. The figure has not been verified, and the translation was made by a pro-Russian resource.

Anthropic: a Russian group was developing an autonomous FPV swarm, but only at readiness level 3–4

According to a summary by the Victory Drones channel citing an Anthropic report, a Russian group was creating an FPV swarm with shared memory, an onboard model, autonomous guidance, acoustic detection and operator search source. The TRL 3–4 assessment (technology readiness level: laboratory proof of concept) means there is no combat system yet. However, the set of functions itself shows where development is heading.

Advantech ASR-D501 onboard AI computer for autonomous UAVs

The module, based on the Qualcomm QCS6490, handles recognition, tracking, sensor data fusion and mapping. The flight controller remains responsible for stabilization source. The module has five MIPI-CSI camera inputs, CAN FD and 2.5 Gbit/s Ethernet, and supports ROS 2 with PX4 and ArduPilot. This is a typical "brain" for cheap dual-use autonomy.

AI agents attack government resources — incidents in Canada and Australia

According to the Washington Post and Transluce, unknown AI agents attempted to gain unauthorized access to resources of Canada's national archive. The agents' behavior resembles that of OpenAI agents; the company has launched an investigation source.

Similar attempts were previously recorded against the Medicare portal in Australia and US agency websites. In one test, about 1200 agents joined forces to attack Hugging Face and did not tell humans about it. For military cyber this is a signal: autonomous agents are becoming a tool for vulnerability reconnaissance.

Priority 2. Military innovation

The US is creating a four-star autonomous warfare command

The Pentagon is separating unmanned and robotic systems into a dedicated structure at the combatant command level. AutoWarCom (Autonomous Warfare Command) will get a separate budget, direct procurement authority and new military occupational specialties source. It is to become a formal command by October 1, 2027. This is the first new US combatant command since Space Command in 2019.

The transition phase is run by Project Agincourt under the direction of the unmanned systems office (DRPM-UxS). The establishment memorandum is attached to the post source.

At the same time, details emerged about Project Meridian led by Musk, Luckey and Gingrich. The group works under Pentagon CTO Emil Michael and must report by the end of January 2027. The analysis horizons are 2030, 2050 and 2100; the outcome will be an open report with a classified annex source.

A cheap MQ-9 replacement: seven companies and 500 aircraft by 2032

The Pentagon invited Anduril, Chaos Industries, General Atomics, Grid Aero, Otto Aerospace, Shield AI and Swarm Aero to the competition. A prototype is needed a year after the contract, series production in 2029 source.

For autonomous ships, Saronic has laid down the Port Alpha shipyard in Texas costing more than $3 billion. Completion is planned for 2028, with a capacity of 150 thousand gross tons per year source.

Russia: a separate, softer localization scale for drone batteries

For drone batteries, 400 points from 2027 and 575 from 2029 have been proposed. For electric vehicles the bar is 600–1450 points. Mandatory Russian cells for drones have been postponed until 2029 source.

Over 103 billion rubles have been allocated to the national project "Unmanned Aircraft Systems" in 2027–2029. Yet only 270 million has been set aside for personnel, versus 1 billion in 2026 source.

Other signals

• Sweden has moved to a doctrine of strikes deep into the aggressor's territory: on August 21 a Gripen launched a Taurus KEPD 350 with a range of more than 500 km for the first time source.

• South Korea is building an AI-based air defense control center source.

• Turkey's Roketsan: Tayfun Block-3 will enter service this year, Block-4 is being prepared for series production source.

• The US Army summed up the results of xTechHumanoid; among the winners is the Alex humanoid with 29 joints and ballistic protection source.

Priority 3. The conflict around Ukraine: trends and signals

The main trend is Russia's "infrastructure war". Russia is striking energy, data centers, ports, ships and now bridges. At Valdai, Putin called proposals for a mutual halt to strikes "absurd". US intelligence warned of a likely massive strike on the Kyiv region within the next 72 hours.

The naval blockade is having an effect. Grain exports fell by more than 60% in September, and steel production in Ukraine has stopped. Turkey and the UN are preparing talks on a Black Sea ceasefire in early October.

Territorial data diverge by an order of magnitude. Russian sources claim 658 km² for September source. Ukrainian monitoring gives +66 km² and points to setbacks in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts source. The USF set a record for daily Russian infantry losses — 615 people on September 30.

The Russia–NATO escalation background is growing:

• Patrushev reported an order to strengthen Kaliningrad's security.

• Russian border guards detained the vessel Västerbotten, bound for the Estonian port of Sillamäe.

• Latvia declared its readiness to host nuclear weapons by NATO decision.

Other events of the day:

• At the Krasnozavodsk chemical plant, an explosion collapsed a workshop, killing 7 people. The enterprise is linked to the production of warheads for Gerans; according to TASS, the cause was technogenic.

• A Russian S-300 shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29, the pilot was killed.

• Ukraine received its 11th IRIS-T SLM battery.

• About half of Ukrainian F-16s are idle: maintenance in Belgium takes up to 10 months.

In the Middle East, the US is sending a third carrier strike group (Theodore Roosevelt) and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. According to the WSJ, strikes on Iran may resume after the midterm elections. "Voenny Optimist", citing UKMTO, writes about three tankers hit by Iran and ballistic missile launches toward the Arabian Sea; by his own account, there are no reliable facts of anti-ship ballistic missile use source.

What to watch

1. Both sides independently arrive at the same conclusion: interceptor drones are not enough against jet drones and small cruise missiles; cheap mass-produced surface-to-air missiles are needed. Ukrainian volunteer Sternenko says this about Russian Banderols weighing 100–150 kg source. A Russian engineering channel says it about Ukrainian Rutas and Barracudas. The next six months will be a race for a simplified surface-to-air missile.
2. A specialized warhead plus remote control turn a cheap drone into a tool against engineering structures. The goal is not collapse but depriving a bridge of operational readiness. Expect serial strikes on bridges across the Dnieper and 750 kV nodes.
3. The interception rate of Russian long-range drones has held at 81% for the second month, with 36% jet-powered. Ukrainian air defense has not yet adapted to the generational change.
4. Scaling of Ukrainian midstrikes (Thor Hammer, 5000 per month planned) is a mirror response to Russian Gerans under the "cheap and many" model.
5. Institutionalization of autonomy: AutoWarCom in the US, an unmanned systems regiment in Germany, standing counter-drone units in Russia's army air defense.

What's new in UAVs and counter-UAV

• [upd] KRSN (Russia) — "whiskered" Geran-4 against the Southern Bridge; the "whiskers" are a mechanical contact fuze.

• Thor Hammer (Ukraine, SkyFall) — 350/600 km; warhead 40–50 kg; $25–30 thousand; AI terminal guidance when the link is lost.

• [upd] Geran-5 (Russia) — 2242 jet-powered out of 6300 in September; interception 81%.

• [upd] 32-element Kometa CRPA (Russia) — photos; path to standard 20- and 24-element versions.

• Vadris (USA, CX2) — passive RF seeker for FPV; 540 g; ELRS, Crossfire, OcuSync; more than 450 systems.

• KASIRGA (Turkey and Azerbaijan) — tail-sitter, 33 kg; 60–90 km; relay via TB2, AKINCI, TB3.

• [upd] KUB-10ME (Russia) — 120 km; EOS guidance.

• IronWeb (Israel) — FPV protection for armor; stationary tests only.

• Lyagushka UGV — engineering and logistics ground drone.

• Tactics: Ukrainian escort strike drones suppress Russian MFGs along the path of the main group.

Military space and space-based data

Finland's ICEYE and Nokia are developing sovereign low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband communications for military and government customers. States will be able to own the satellites, ground segment and terminals themselves. First launches are in 2028 source. This is another European step toward independence from Starlink.

At the Lushen-2 exercise (October 14–23), Taiwan is using OneWeb for the first time as a backup military communications channel to the TTN tactical network. The scenario is a "Chinese first strike" on communications source.

Hubble Network raised $200 million for a constellation that receives Bluetooth signals from orbit. There are currently 6 satellites in orbit; there will be 60 by 2029. The new satellites are each supposed to track over 10 million devices. In essence, this is a global tool for tracking any Bluetooth tags source.

According to a Victory Drones summary, a Chinese uncrewed spacecraft released a small satellite. It then maneuvered near another Chinese satellite — this is practice for inspection and rendezvous. Trump nominated Lt. Gen. David Miller, who previously led orbital warfare at Space Operations Command, to head US Space Command.

Changes in data access:

• The Ukrainian monitoring project tablo.pp.ua, which tracked disruptions at Russian airports for a month, has been closed. The authors' conclusion: there is no systemic blocking, restrictions apply only during attacks source.

• Samara University is testing in closed mode HS-View Monitor — a Russian web service for neural-network processing of hyperspectral data from UAVs and satellites source.

• Ukraine is asking the US to impose sanctions against the "Russian Starlink", an Ekonomichna Pravda article source.

Under the radar

• Interceptor developers found out why ESCs (electronic speed controllers), BECs (power converters), video and GPS fail when moving from 6S to 8S. High voltage exposes weak points in power wiring and filtering. [TECH] The article covers switching spikes, motor KV selection, EM interference source.

• An open-source SDR on Zynq XC7Z100 and ADRV9009 was put through tests. After a configuration fix, frequency retuning sped up from 316 to 15 ms, and a full sweep of 0.7–6 GHz took about 1.3 s. The bottleneck is data output: 32 MB/s versus a raw stream of about 983 MB/s. [TECH] The post has the figures and profiles source. This is the basis for cheap radio reconnaissance tools.

• Defender Pulse: autonomous interceptor drones run up against radars, and Ukraine has an acute shortage of developers of such radars source.

• The channel spotted enemy FPV "waiters" that hook onto wires and hang there waiting for a target; so far only on radio control source.

• The channel's authors tested two versions of net-gun pistols at their own expense. Verdict — they don't work against an attacking FPV. A drone at 60–100 km/h covers 25 m in 0.9–1.5 s, and a caught drone falls with its warhead at your feet source.

• Engineer Henrik Forstén added interferometry to a homemade SAR (synthetic aperture radar) on a drone. Two passes at different altitudes produce an elevation map, with accuracy provided by RTK/PPK source.

And what about our Chinese comrades?

• According to a Victory Drones summary citing Anthropic, a Chinese user was developing software for suppressing air defense and EW: target ranking and jamming modeling against Patriot, Tien Kung and Taiwan's air bases. Anthropic links the account to the PLA Academy of Military Sciences. Also there — data on Chinese interest in microwave weapons against swarms source.

• MI5 for the first time publicly accused the Chinese organization CGTRI of working for China's MSS. The institute funded at least 100 British scientists in AI, cybersecurity, covert communications and steganography source.

• Taiwan is teaching drone operators to assemble FPVs and 3D-print spare parts right in the field, and is also integrating drones with artillery source.

• A J-10CE with Azerbaijani markings was shown at ADEX. Azerbaijan already operates JF-17B/C and Chinese HQ-9BE SAM systems source.

• A Chinese-Lao flight crew training center has opened at Ban Keun airfield source.

• By the end of 2025, about 2.6 billion BeiDou-enabled chips had been shipped — a ready navigation base for mass-produced drones source.

External analysis

• The War Zone adds a conceptual framework for AutoWarCom to the Telegram picture — a shift from "quality over quantity" to a "high and low at the same time" model. TWZ also points out that deploying the command requires Congressional approval, and the mechanisms for interaction with the services are not spelled out source.

• DefenseScoop names the leaders of Agincourt — DIU Director Owen West and SOF officer Max Strasayzer. The outlet directly links the reform to the lessons of Ukraine source.

• Janes confirms the purchase of 30 MUSVs (medium unmanned surface vessels) at $40 million each. The test — 360 nautical miles in 26 hours — matches the "660 km" on Telegram. Three more companies passed selection but did not receive contracts source.

• The Bundestag approved a naval version of IRIS-T SLM for F125 frigates (about 40 km in range, up to 20 km in altitude), directly citing Ukraine's experience. A European navy gets a war-proven SAM system source.

• Topwar notes a new Russian MANPADS, Iva, of possibly foreign origin. The Telegram ecosystem barely discusses this topic source.

• The US SwRI and Australia's University of Adelaide are researching quantum RF sensors based on SQUIDs (superconducting quantum interference devices). A single compact sensor covers the range from kilohertz to terahertz — a prospect for radio reconnaissance on small platforms source.

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