Ukraine Has Digitized Its Fighting Forces on a Shoestring

Download

Ukraine has achieved a cut-price version of what the Pentagon has spent decades and billions of dollars striving to accomplish: digitally networked fighters, intelligence and weapons.

Kyiv’s improvised web of drones, fighters and weapons, linked through satellite communications and custom software, is giving its soldiers a level of intelligence, coordination and accuracy that has allowed the initially outnumbered and outgunned forces to run circles around Russia’s massive but lumbering armies.

More News & Insights

Instagram Podcast 12.6.23 V1

Building the Base Episode 41: Dana Deasy

In this episode of “Building the Base,” hosts Lauren Bedula and Hondo Geurts welcome special guest Dana Deasy, former DOD Chief Information Officer with extensive experience in both the private…

Screenshot 2023 12 04 At 12.32.43

Israel, Hamas reach deal to extend Gaza cease-fire for seventh day despite violence in Jerusalem, West Bank

Israel and Hamas reached an agreement to extend the temporary cease-fire in Gaza for a seventh day, the Qatari government announced early Thursday, not long before the previous two-day extension…

Screenshot 2023 12 04 At 12.34.30

US Navy Has A Maintenance Problem

While the U.S. Navy may still dominate the world’s seas, it is coming under increasing pressure to keep its assets ship-shape in the face of China’s’ growing ocean prowess.

Receive BENS news and insights in your inbox.