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Analysis of the wreckage of one of the Russian Lancet-type kamikaze drones showed that the Russians use microcircuits from children’s toys and vape batteries to manufacture such UAVs. But at the same time, the ‘stuffing’ of the Russian ‘wunderwaffe’ also includes ‘dual-purpose’ electronics produced by Western companies. Lancet Drone internals was shared by a friend […]
Before the adoption of the laws, night vision devices, UAVs and collimators were imported into Ukraine as humanitarian aid. Currently, they can be imported as commercial goods. The Verkhovna Rada generally supported draft laws N8360 and N8361-d, which provide for the exemption from VAT and customs duties of drones, thermal imagers, collimators, walkie-talkies and night […]
Prime Air’s workforce has been hit hard by recent mass layoffs at Amazon, with ‘robotic workers’ delivering fewer than a dozen orders in its first weeks of operation. After nearly a decade of work on the program, Amazon finally announced in December 2022 that drones are starting to deliver orders: in Lockford, California, and College […]
Russian engineers believe that the payload of the drone is enough to penetrate 100 mm armor, but it has not yet been tested. The Spektr design bureau from Novosibirsk announced the creation of a drone capable of destroying German Leopard tanks. The company’s executive director, Andriy Bratenkov, told the Russian newspaper “Komsomolska Pravda” about the […]
General Atomics engineers conducted flight tests of a new drone. According to Defense News, the innovative aircraft is called Eaglet. Literally translated from English, it means ‘Eagle’. Eaglet was launched from the US Air Force’s Gray Eagle drone during flight testing. The novelty is positioned by the manufacturing company as an ‘inexpensive and durable’ air-based […]
Engineers made a new body and ammunition drop system for the hexacopter of one of the units of the Armed Forces. Scientists from the Central Ukrainian National Technical University (CNTU) in the city of Kropyvnytskyi modified a combat drone for the Ukrainian military. They presented the results of their work on the website of the […]
The drone allowed the Ukrainian defenders to blow up the firing point of the occupiers, who were stuck in a trench. Special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine used a drone to destroy the position of Russian troops in the Bakhmut direction. They published a video report on the official Telegram channel. SSO […]
Mass production of reconnaissance and combat drones is being launched in Georgia. On January 27, the first test flights took place at the “Krtsanisi” training ground of the Ministry of Defense, according to the government’s website. It is noted that this is a joint project of Georgia and Poland. The Moscow Times writes about it. […]
The creation of UAV strike companies was approved at the Headquarters by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi. The most professional servicemen who will lead such companies have already been selected. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense. Within the framework of the ‘Army of Drones’ […]
One of the occupants was directly hit by a grenade, and the other did not even try to help his colleague. Fighters of the reconnaissance and strike unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ‘Shershen’ successfully attacked Russian soldiers on the front line with the help of a drone. They published a video of the […]