Three years of operations in Ukraine have helped Windracers adapt its autonomous aircraft at speed. Bringing those lessons home requires a balance between rapid development and peacetime safety.
Britain’s 2026 Defence Investment Plan promises more money, more autonomous systems and greater military mass. But the transformation comes at a price, with established capabilities disappearing before all of their successors are ready.
The UK is putting more than £5 billion into drones and autonomous systems, with UK industry expected to benefit. But building a drone in the UK is not the same as controlling the supply chain inside it. Volklec CCO Johan Andersson tells ADS Advance why battery cells could become one of the hardest dependencies to break.
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