The American military is “incredibly powerful,” said Andy Yakulis, CEO and co-founder of Vector Defense Inc. , but is it the strongest in the world?

“When it comes to unmanned systems, it is very hard to compete with Ukraine,” he told the Deseret News. “They’re incredibly smart at incorporating technology in a war-fighting tactical capacity,” and they also have an edge when they’re “forced to do that because their existence is at stake.”

He believes that Israel is similar, he noted.

That’s why American manufacturers, such as Vector — the defense technology company Yakulis co-founded in 2024 — are working to produce combat machinery domestically in the United States and used by the U.S. military.

Vector develops drones with names such as Dagger, Hammer and Mace. However, they don’t

See Full Page