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TIMERLAND specialists are developing a low-cost unmanned mine trawl. According to the Industrial Portal, the project was named Iron Caterpillar. Details The new robotic platform will be used as a consumable during demining. Currently, the Iron Caterpillar is being tested for controllability via remote control. This promising development can be used not only in the […]
Ukrainian defenders detected the enemy object and decided to use the air defense system, and the result was successful. The crew of the Strela-10 air defense system of the 14th separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Roman the Great eliminated a Russian Orlan drone. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of the Land Forces of the Armed […]
A group of scientists at the University of Washington has successfully created a miniature robot that resembles an origami figure. The robot is powered by solar energy and is able to change its shape during flight; it transmits the collected information via Bluetooth. Such robots, called microflyers, can climb to a height of up to […]
The Hunter Killer 20 strike drone was presented at the MSPO-2023 exhibition in Poland. The developer is the Ukrainian company KORT. The unmanned aerial vehicle is not afraid of enemy electronic warfare and has already been used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The overall dimensions of the drone are 1800 x 1500 x 220 […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected a company to develop a drone for launching from a fighter jet. The choice fell on General Atomics. The American company will create an unmanned aerial vehicle as part of the LongShot program. The drone will be armed with air-to-air missiles, and fighter jets will serve […]
The Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to destroy a Russian D-30 howitzer using a drone. According to Ukrainian soldiers, aerial reconnaissance revealed enemy artillery positions. After that, they used strike unmanned aerial vehicles. The attack resulted in the destruction of a D-30 howitzer. The exact direction of the front is not specified. The video shows the […]
The Russian army lost another Mohajer-6 unmanned aerial vehicle. The drone was shot down in Odesa region. The Russians regularly use Iranian Shahed-131 and Shahed-136 kamikaze drones to strike Ukraine. Mohajer-6 is much less common. It is a reconnaissance and strike drone. The unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed on September 2, 2023, by air defense […]
A Ukrainian drone survived a chase by Russian combat helicopters and an airplane in occupied Crimea. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate on its Telegram channel, where an archived video was published. The special forces said that the footage shows a Ukrainian drone flying near Cape Tarkhankut. The drone is being chased by […]
To meet the needs of the Defense Forces, Ukrainian engineers have designed the Hor reconnaissance drone. According to ArmyInform, the first flight of the reconnaissance drone prototype took place in May 2022. The head of the Airlogix company told journalists about the development of a domestic reconnaissance UAV. According to him, the prototypes were sent […]
The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine disclosed the details of a joint operation with other units of the Defense Forces that took place in the occupied Crimea. Then, the facilities of the 126th Coast Guard Brigade of the Russian Black Sea Fleet were attacked. Representatives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported […]