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 "slug": "us-deploys-ukrainian-sky-map-sky-fortress-counter-drone-prince-sultan-air-base-saudi-arabia",
 "title": "U.S. Deploys Ukrainian \"Sky Map\" Counter-Drone Command-and-Control Platform at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/us-deploys-ukrainian-sky-map-sky-fortress-counter-drone-prince-sultan-air-base-saudi-arabia/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/us-deploys-ukrainian-sky-map-sky-fortress-counter-drone-prince-sultan-air-base-saudi-arabia/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-04-22T00:02:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:35.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiyadh, 22 April 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * United States military deployed the Ukrainian-developed Sky Map counter-drone command-and-control platform at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, with Ukrainian military personnel on site to train US forces in operation of the system\n * Sky Map, developed by Ukrainian company Sky Fortress and funded through the Brave1 cluster, fuses radar, acoustic and camera data into a single dashboard for coordination of counter-strikes; over 10,000 aco",
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  "mena-energy-security"
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 "tags": [
  "mdf-military-doctrine-force-structure",
  "space-isr",
  "iamd-air-missile-defense",
  "drones-uav",
  "mea-mena-energy-security"
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "russia",
  "ukraine"
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