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Army leaders say the modern battlefield is so saturated with sensors and networked weapons generating more data than soldiers can realistically process on their own that artificial intelligence is needed to meaningfully sort it all.For years, the Army’s focus was on fielding more sensors for battlefield information and awareness, but…
A Ukrainian cyberwarfare division said on Thursday that it created a fake Starlink registration service to trick Russian soldiers into giving up sensitive data.The 256th Cyber Assault Division said it partnered with open-source intelligence groups to promote a network of Telegram channels and bots that offered to help the Kremlin’s…
At least four out of every five successful Ukrainian strikes against Russia’s forces are being carried out by drones, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday.The new figure represents one of the highest official estimates of the involvement of drones in Ukraine’s battlefield operations. In the spring of 2025, Ukrainian…
Rapid changes on the battlefield in Ukraine are prompting Western weapons manufacturers to reassess how military technology is developed and upgraded.With the fight evolving quickly, arms companies in Ukraine and Europe say that they can’t afford to start from scratch and completely redesign entire systems each time conditions shift.Instead, companies…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sgt. Dimko Zhluktenko, an ISR drone team leader in Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces. He deployed in 2025 near Pokrovsk, a key city that Russia said it captured in early December.Business Insider has verified his role in the Ukrainian armed forces. The…
