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attack drones, which had never been used in combat before 2022 and now reportedly cause the majority of casualties.


It learned to harden systems against


electronic warfare, incorporating machine vision and designing entirely new classes of drone such as the FPV interceptor.


But it is clear that Ukraine’s tech-


nerd innovation, which also included some large companies such as Antonov, was fuelled by urgent problems of the “Russians are down the road” kind. UK innovators, meanwhile, dreamed


of an abstract future. Today, this approach could be


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supercharged by cooperation with Ukraine, through endeavours such as the production of the Raybird in consortium with Prevail Partners. There have been several obstacles, including what SMEs see as painful disputes with the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) over red tape and overzealous safety procedures.


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