The A&D Minute: World War I With Drones

With no end in sight, how can defense contractors apply lessons learned from the past two years in Ukraine to best support the Warfighter in 2024 and beyond?

February 24, 2024 marked the beginning of the third year of war stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It also marked the 10^th year since Russia's earlier invasion of Ukraine in Crimea. While many initially believed this would be a quick operation, the last two years have proven this conflict is likely to continue for years to come. There may be no end in sight to the fighting, but what has been clear are the numerous ways the conflict has evolved over the past year.

Growing consensus among analysts is that the hard Russian pivot towards a war economy and reversion to Soviet-era mentalities around troop expendability signals that the conflict was never really about a swift victory in Ukraine, but rather a calculated waiting game where the target has been Western patience.