This piece highlights a new manufacturing layer: frontline labs. Olena Kryzhanivska explains that nearly 100% of drones go through frontline labs to be outfitted and modified with the latest advantages before entering the battlefield.

It makes me think there may be a new way to think about defense tech, where it’s deliberately provided in a near-final state, and fine tuned with the latest battlefield insights.

In other words, final integration becomes and an operational activity.