Drones were crashing on Ukraine’s front lines, leading to confusion. Quantum Systems, a German technology firm, supplied the aerial vehicles to Ukraine’s military, but they began falling from the sky due to jammed wireless signals from the Russians. Quantum developed AI-powered software and added a manual landing option. The war in Ukraine has become a proxy laboratory for the United States, Europe, and China to study conflict methods. Russia initially dominated the electronic warfare in 2022, but Ukraine has been using a start-up approach to win the battle. The tactics have become so critical that electronic warfare received its own section in a recent essay by Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s top military commander. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is focusing on buying and developing electronic weapons, and electronic warfare is being used to locate targets and trick guided weapons.
