A new Pentagon program is pushing drone makers to continuously improve their systems based on troops’ feedback, hoping to spur innovation that moves as quickly as the war in Ukraine.

Launched on Monday, the Defense Innovation Office’s Project GI initiative aims to embed frontline insights into a perpetual loop of design, testing, and deployment. It’s a deliberate effort to mimic how the Ukrainian military has out-innovated Russian forces by rapidly fielding and iterating drone technology under fire.

The chaotic pace of Russian electronic warfare tactics necessitates that, a factor that is likely to exist as a backdrop to more future conflict, particularly in the Asian-Pacific. It will be open for submissions on a rolling basis through December 31, (which is also a change from the traditi

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