From private equity to precision strikes: How Lithuania's PDKinematics is rethinking drone warfare

Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, former private equity fund manager Rapolas Markevičius decided to put his experience to work in a very different industry: defence technology. Today, he leads Lithuanian startup PDKINEMATICS , which develops precision-guidance systems to help smaller drones operate more effectively in increasingly contested environments. I spoke to Markevičius about the company’s origins, the changing nature of drone warfare, lessons from Ukraine’s battlefield a