US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own

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Auterion’s Skynode S kits provide visual terminal guidance without GPS or continuous radio links, with 50,000 units funded under a $100 million contract. Future Nemyx upgrades could let one operator coordinate autonomous multi-vehicle strikes.

Learning Outcomes

• Assess visual terminal guidance under GPS-denied battlefield conditions.
• Examine cost tradeoffs between autonomous FPV systems and precision munitions.