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Feedstock Qualification and the Limits of Expeditionary Manufacturing
The printer is not the bottleneck. The powder certificate is, and it does not survive a field decant.
2 Jul 2026 · 1 MIN
Requirements, Not Radars: What Counter-UAS Acquisition Actually Buys
A median of 26 months separates threat characterisation from first delivery across the six programmes reviewed.
art-directed per lead
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Crash Records Systems Cannot Answer the Questions Safety Policy Asks
Six state schemas, one federal model, and no join key that survives contact with either.
27 Jun 2026 · 1 MIN
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Nobody Agrees What a Valid Impression Is, and the Market Clears Anyway
Three verification vendors, three incompatible definitions, one number on the invoice.
19 Jun 2026 · 1 MIN
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CRX-WP-0142
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Requirements, Not Radars: What Counter-UAS Acquisition Actually Buys
A median of 26 months separates threat characterisation from first delivery across the six programmes reviewed.
14 Jul 20261 min · 48 ppOpen -
CRX-WP-0138
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Feedstock Qualification and the Limits of Expeditionary Manufacturing
The printer is not the bottleneck. The powder certificate is, and it does not survive a field decant.
2 Jul 20261 min · 42 ppOpen -
CRX-WP-0137
Data story Government & policy
Crash Records Systems Cannot Answer the Questions Safety Policy Asks
Six state schemas, one federal model, and no join key that survives contact with either.
27 Jun 20261 min · 22 ppOpen -
CRX-WP-0136
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Nobody Agrees What a Valid Impression Is, and the Market Clears Anyway
Three verification vendors, three incompatible definitions, one number on the invoice.
19 Jun 20261 min · 31 ppRegistration
17%
of sampled programmes re-baselined a requirement after a threat update
Programme documentation review, n=6 programmes · specimen
71%
of expeditionary print cells lost lot traceability after a field decant
Site observation, expeditionary print cells, n=7 sites · specimen
0%
of verification vendors agreed on a single impression definition
Vendor specification comparison, 3 vendors · specimen
83%
of reviewed requirement documents cited threat characterisation more than 24 months old
Programme documentation review, n=6 programmes · specimen
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