Lede: Yaroslav Azhnyuk founded The Fourth Law to produce AI autonomy modules that allow drones to navigate during final approach without operator links vulnerable to jamming, according to IEEE Spectrum (https://spectrum.ieee.org/autonomous-drone-warfare).

The Fourth Law has dispatched more than thousands of $50 autonomy modules that increase strike success rates by up to four times compared to operator-controlled drones; Azhnyuk previously cofounded Petcube and shifted to military tech after the 2022 Russian invasion, per the same report. Eric Schmidt's Swift Beat is supplying related autonomous drones to Ukrainian forces, and Ukrainian sea drones have damaged around a dozen Russian vessels.

A RUSI occasional paper documented Ukrainian adaptation of commercial drones for strikes and electronic warfare countermeasures in 2023-2024 (https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/occasional-papers/drone-war-ukraine). The Economist reported in 2024 that low-cost drones shifted conflict from manpower to production challenges, aligning with Azhnyuk's statements on autonomy (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/02/01/drones-in-ukraine).