The U.S. launched a killer-drone competition in February. It was won, according to public leaderboards, by a small British company with frontline Ukrainian experience and a manufacturing footprint in Atlanta.
Why it matters: Skycutter's stateside success, after flying well under the radar, is a reminder that:
- Flash does not necessarily signal substance;
- Innovation exists outside the big-money bubbles of Silicon Valley and Washington;
- And the Russia-Ukraine war is influencing the battlefield tech of today and tomorrow.
