A Ukrainian drone maker explains why letting soldiers swap parts and mix models is crucial in a rapidly changing war

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Ukrainian firm TechEx designs its drones with interchangeable parts so that if a drone stops working, soldiers can use parts from another model.

For an edge in the drone fight, soldiers in Ukraine are pushing for equipment that they can easily modify and repair on the battlefield. A Ukrainian drone maker talked to Business Insider about how it's designing its drones to meet that need. Interchangeable parts can be swapped between different models, and the result, drone maker TechEx said, is that soldiers can be creative and combine different parts to create what is effectively a new type of drone to do what's needed. "Sometimes it comes to that," said Olha, a TechEx representative. Other times the situation might be a little more basic. Maybe a unit has two different drone models, but one has a part that no longer works.

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