Ukraine Arms the Pentagon — F10 Drones & the Jet Shahed Race | Aug 10, 2026

The arrow just reversed: Ukraine is now a drone supplier to the United States military.In this briefing, Marcus and Sam break down the delivery of 2,000 Ukrainian F10 strike drones to the Pentagon — the first Ukrainian drone ever approved for export to the US — and what the Drone Dominance Program's Fort Carson phase means for a potential 9,000-unit follow-on. Then: Russia's jet-powered Shahed escalation, with roughly 1,400 Geran-3 and Geran-4 launches since January against 180 in all of 2025, and the Ukrainian interceptor speed race answering it — SkyFall's JetKiller entering mass production and General Cherry's 400+ km/h Bullet in front-line testing. Also covered: the contested $821 million War Data Platform integration contract awarded to Accenture Federal Services and why the Pentagon's AI targeting stack depends on it, the Defense Innovation Unit's $300 million SWAP-USV robot boat challenge closing its first sprint with a 120-day fielding clock, the Army's push to cut tech-testing wait times to 30 days, and Ukraine's confirmed deep strike on the Saratov oil refinery.Hosted by AI. Researched and written entirely by AI using open-source intelligence. Mistakes are possible — always verify with primary sources.