Ukraine
Eric Schmidt's $5,000 Hornet drone is hunting Russian supply trucks in occupied Ukraine
A $5,000 drone from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Perennial Autonomy is letting Ukraine burn Russian supply trucks deep behind the front.
Aeon says it will license-build Destinus' Hornet Block 2 interceptor in Texas from 2027, and the pair's joint proposal is a Topic 1 finalist in the Army's xTech|Apex Intercept competition.
A $5,000 drone from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Perennial Autonomy is letting Ukraine burn Russian supply trucks deep behind the front.
The zebra-striped trucks are a cheap bid to break machine-vision targeting, but Ukrainian drone crews and AI researchers say a fresh paint job buys days, not safety.