I don’t understand why more weapons companies arent doing this. Partner with Ukraine to live test and develop your weapons.
I’m pretty sure that there are. My guess is that many just keep it secret.
A few companies will avoid testing in Ukraine because they know they will fail. There already is a bunch of systems that already haven’t survived the conditions.
Examples-
Excalibur m982 guided artillery shell. Russia got so good at jamming them that less than 1 in 9 hit the target. At almost $100k per shell they are a massive waste of money.
Anduril Industries and Skudio haabe failed massively with their drones in Ukraine.
https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/anduril-s-autonomous-weapons-fail-in-tests-ukraine-combat
https://www.sofx.com/us-drones-underperform-in-ukraine-skydio-and-others-face-setbacks/
RCH155, Skynex, IRIS-T SLM and so forth come to mind. There are also a lot of drones from outside Ukraine, which are donated to them for testing and improvements. SMAP/T-NG is also going to see service in Ukraine first.
SAMP-T NG has already proven itself very effective in Ukraine. Denmark was impressed and bought some of them instead of Patriot, David’s Sling and L-SAM.
No SAMP/T is already in Ukraine. SAMP/T NG is the improved version. Afaik it is not in Ukraine already. https://militarnyi.com/en/news/zelensky-ukraine-to-test-samp-t-ng-air-defense-system-in-combat-to-intercept-ballistic-missiles/
The same source seems to disagree, so now I’m not sure.
That is SAMP/T and not the improved SAMP/T NG.
