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From e-waste to early warning: Lithuanian start-up turns old phones into drone detectors

Helen Wright
 19.07.2026, 17:15
A Lithuanian start-up is using old smartphones to create an acoustic network to detect low-flying drones. (Photo illustration: Envato)
A Lithuanian start-up is using old smartphones to create an acoustic network to detect low-flying drones. (Photo illustration: Envato)

Ukrainian drones thrown off course by Russian jamming have repeatedly breached Baltic airspace this year.