Some quick notes about last London C-UAS hackathon.
1. On the one hand, mission accomplished. A LOT of very talented hackers of all kinds have been attracted to the critical mission of Counter UAS.
2. These persons, most of them outside of domain, have think out of the box and execute their pre-MVP concepts.
3. We do need these initiatives. We do need to attract creative minds that help NATO forces to mitigate drone threat.
4. However, this is a first step. A needed one, but a first. A lot of more steps would need to be done after this.
5. There are no miracles or shortcuts. Some of the very best C-UAS in the world, Ukrainians and even Russians, are developing solutions at a breakneck pace.
6. Breakneck pace == less than a year, a semester or a quarter. Astounding, specially for the defense domain. But not three days
7. The C-UAS problem as a whole is a kill chain in which every link needs to be solved.
8. Every system of the link needs to combine software and hardware in order to solve a really hard problem
9. Therefore, in 24 hours nothing can be solved. Or in 72hours. It's needed a lot of field data and tests that align an iterative process towards a fieldable solution.
10. Attract talent == mission acomplished; C-UAS problem cracked == not at all.
11. External talent needs to be recruited for the C-UAS mission, receive funding and starts to work. Some of them will end in cul-de-sacs, but some will add real value to the problem and buy us all time.
