Innovations
Technological and operational innovations in the UAS and counter-UAS space — what emerged first, where, and what it changes. Each entry is sourced, dated, and linked to the drones involved.
Ukraine’s Delta C2 integrates drones, sensors and shooters into one network
The post describes Ukraine’s Delta common operating system: a modular, open-architecture command-and-control platform that fuses drone, sensor/radar and communications feeds onto a shared map and links them to firing platforms as a digital …
Russian FPV control uses multi-band reception and wide FHSS to resist jamming
Ukrainian EW specialist Serhii Flash reports growing difficulty jamming FPV control links (notably VT40) because Russian operators are using distributed command reception across multiple bands and expanding frequency-hopping (FHSS) bandwidt…
US Army tests networked comms in special forces-infantry exercise at Fort Carson
The post references a novel exercise at Fort Carson where special forces and infantry linked up, implying experimentation with Army networking/communications integration (“network wars”). While details are sparse, the novelty is the cross-u…
US Army next-gen C2 prototypes tested with 10th SFG at Ivy Mass
The post describes US Army experimentation with next-generation command-and-control (C2) prototype technologies, now involving 10th Special Forces Group after 4th Infantry Division trials. The novelty is the operational-style field experime…
Possible renewed Shahed radio-control nodes operating from Belarus
An EW expert reports detecting active radio modems on Russian UAVs during the May 13 combined attack, despite the drones being ~500 km from Russia—implying non-direct control. He assesses this may indicate Russia has reactivated Shahed radi…
Ukrainian Medical Forces launch tele-surgery support for ROLE-2 hospitals
Ukraine’s Medical Forces report first implementation of a “Tele-surgery” project enabling real-time remote consultation from shock rooms/operating theaters to higher-level specialists. It is being used with at least one ROLE-2 mobile hospit…
US Army highlights IBCS 'any sensor, best shooter' air defense networking in Indo-Pacific
The post describes the incorporation of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), networking sensors and interceptors to enable an 'any sensor' approach rather than relying on a single Patriot radar. This is a tec…
Anduril Lattice to prototype Army missile-defense C2 data-fusion system
Anduril won an Army contract to prototype a command-and-control layer using its Lattice software to fuse data from multiple existing missile-defense systems into a single operating picture. The novelty is the software-centric integration ap…
Russian USV program relied on Starlink; tested mesh and UAV-relay comms
Post claims Russia developed multiple unmanned surface vessel (USV/BEC) models and planned mass use, but early-2026 Starlink shutdown disrupted their primary control link. It describes Russian fallback comms experiments: a short-range coast…
INDOPACOM Mission Network zero-trust C2 tested in Balikatan
The US-led INDOPACOM Mission Network (IMN), a secure “zero-trust” coalition data-sharing and command-and-control network, was reportedly used for the first time as the primary C2 network during Balikatan to link multiple allied forces and I…