Counter-UAS, drone swarm and autonomous systems insights from Australia's sovereign defence engineering team.
From Azerbaijan's decisive drone campaign in Nagorno-Karabakh to Houthi disruption of Red Sea shipping — how commercial drone proliferation has upended military power dynamics.
The world's defence forces are rapidly adopting drone technology — yet the components powering those drones flow almost entirely from a single adversarial nation.
FPV drones and cheap commercial UAVs have transformed the modern battlefield. Counter-UAS systems — from autonomous interceptors to fibre-optic detection — are the critical response.
Multiple autonomous UAVs coordinating without centralised control — how distributed swarm intelligence is reshaping ISR, targeting and electronic warfare.
Foreign supply chains for critical defence technology represent a strategic vulnerability. Why sovereign drone manufacturing is essential for Australia's national security.