Berlin is paying about 90 million euros to put Auterion's Skynode S terminal guidance on 50,000 of Skyfall's Shrike FPV drones, one of the largest known Western drone orders for Kyiv.
The Pentagon wants FPV mass it has no pilots to fly. A Ukrainian software firm proven over 100,000 combat missions is now inside the $1.1 billion race, through a US partner.
The Pentagon's Crucible 2 turns a $54.6 billion autonomy budget line into a contracted shoot-off, and the 25-firm roster shows who the Pentagon is betting on to fly the swarms.