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

Ukrainian military forces have begun receiving cheap kamikaze drones equipped with AI systems that can autonomously track and strike moving targets without human guidance. A US company developed software that allows drone operators to designate a target and switch the drone to "fire-and-forget" mode, where it uses only its onboard camera to track targets without relying on GPS, which is vulnerable to jamming. This upgrade costs significantly less than precision munitions used by Western militaries and addresses the reality that manually piloted drones have become the primary weapons affecting frontline combat in Ukraine. A $100 million contract will fund the delivery of 50,000 of these upgraded drones in the coming months, with potential future capability to allow a single operator to command multiple autonomous drones attacking separate targets simultaneously.