The February issue shows how modern warfare is becoming a contest of rapid modification — where the same platforms are repeatedly repurposed, networked, and improvised to create entirely new battlefield roles within weeks.
In the February edition:
— New Trojan Horses:
Gerbera and Shahed as “motherships,” launching FPVs mid-flight.
— Meshing the Sky:
Russia attempts to connect interfamily drones into a single distributed airborne network using Chinese mesh modems.
— Anti-Drone Protection on UGVs:
ground robots fitted with cages, rotating cables, and improvised protection systems to survive in the drone-dominated battlefield.
— February Deep Strike:
Ukrainian long-range drones continue targeting refineries, depots, and critical industrial facilities.
—Barazh-1 Rising:
Russia tests a stratospheric platform as a workaround for satellite connectivity loss.
— Courier UGV: Fuel Truck on Tracks:
Russia adapts the same UGV platform for fuel logistics and a wide range of other battlefield configurations.
— Starlink Across the Battlefields:
Ukrainian restrictions cut Russian drone feeds and turned satellite access into cyber operations.
— NATO’s Drone Gap, Ukraine’s Experience:
Ukrainian drone operators render two NATO battalions combat-ineffective during Hedgehog 2025.