A Ukrainian company has taken third place in NATO’s Persistent Airfield Denial Challenge, which is focused on finding technologies for the long-term denial of an adversary’s airfields.
This was reported by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence.
The challenge is being run by NATO’s Allied Command Transformation together with the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre (JATEC). The solutions developed are intended to limit an adversary’s use of airfield infrastructure and aviation.
In total, the organisers received more than 60 applications. Nine teams were selected for the final, which took place in Warsaw.
Ukrainian developers came third after presenting an artificial intelligence module for target guidance. The technology is intended to increase the autonomy and accuracy of strike systems.
Among the competition’s key requirements are the autonomy and scalability of the technologies, resilience to electronic warfare, as well as the ability to operate with limited access to navigation and communications.
The next stage will be testing the competition solutions.