Western Drone Procurement Is Too Little, Too Late
Western militaries are buying more drones, but their programs remain too small for sustained attrition and too slow for a battlefield that keeps changing the requirements.
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September Tactical Intelligence Report
14 hardware breakdowns of jet drones | Changing carriers + relays | Key offensive & defensive combat shifts | Dominant CUAS tactics | Visual autonomy & EW modules
Weekly Intelligence Brief
Russia’s layered refinery defenses | PLA lasers & microwaves vs swarms | Army’s $7B CUAS contract | Houthis debut Shawaz drone | Cutting warheads on jet Gerans
China Drone Watch
PLA multi-layer CUAS training | Naval drones' coordination problem | Demand for larger agricultural drones | Chinese market intelligence | Emerging Research & Patents
Russia
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All 14 Iterations of Russia’s Jet Drones That Tell Us About Moscow's Next Move
Russia is iterating its Geran jet drones to have more specialized ways to acquire and damage targets. All 14 hardware changes, since their deployment, capitalize on Geran's built-in design flexibility to lean towards a mission-specific role, that has a larger redundancy and autonomy stock.
September Markets and Industry Report
U.S. laser defenses enter production, drone firms pursue cross-domain acquisitions, and East Asian governments propose major unmanned-systems budgets.
Weekly Intelligence Brief
Drone ports spur high-volume strikes | JIATF billion-dollar CUAS push | Al-Shabab & Houthis drone transfers | China's 116 underwater drone swarms | FPVs on power lines
China Drone Watch
116 Underwater Drones Swarm | WZ-7 Near Scarborough Shoal | Heavy-Lift Logistics | Tianjin’s Airspace Controls & Wuhan Police Fiber-optic Training | Emerging Research & Patents
Russia
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China Can Put Rassvet on Russian Drones Before the Network is Complete
Chinese components are driving the expansion of Russia's satellite network, Rassvet, and could likely remove the key bottleneck that can delay the beginning of Rassvet- linked drone trials against Ukraine.
Weekly Intelligence Brief
Short cycles aren't short enough | Identifying UAV emitters | Russian economy re-orients around drones | UAVs intensify Yemen war | Airborne communication relays
China Drone Watch
Simulated Drone Attacks on Bridges | Serbia & Djibouti Links | Specialized Ground Control Stations & Medical Training | Municipal-Level Drone Programs | Emerging Research & Patents
Ukraine
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Russia's Rassvet Satellites Will Threaten Ukraine with Better Drone Strikes
Russia is doubling down on building an independent satellite network, Rassvet, for more lethal drone strikes against Ukraine. Despite several delays, scoped testing has already begun, leaving Kyiv with less time to spin a solution than it might have bargained for.