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FPV drones with an automatic targeting and engagement system have been introduced to the Ukrainian Defense Forces. A video from the soldiers of the 60th and 63rd separate mechanized brigades was posted by volunteer Serhiy Sternenko. The video shows how the drone’s targeting system locks onto a target, after which communication is cut off by […]
“Bandera-Strike is one of the best-known Ukrainian FPV drones powered by fiber optics, which allows it to ignore any electronic warfare FPV drones, which use fiber optics instead of radio to control and transmit video, are potentially a very promising area of development for this type of weapon. Moreover, steps in this direction are being […]
A Ukrainian FPV drone flew over the Donbass Arena stadium in temporarily occupied Donetsk. The corresponding video was posted by Denis Kazansky on his Telegram channel. The video shows the drone flying freely to the football stadium, turning around and showing the inside of the building. “I can’t give away the ending, but to understand […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine can launch a flock of drones on the battlefield, flying over long distances accompanied by another repeater drone. A Russian soldier who survived the bombing described one such case. The military innovation that worried the representative of the Russian Armed Forces was reported on the Newsweek portal. The portal’s journalists […]
The United Kingdom will allocate 200 million pounds to manufacture drones for the Ukrainian military, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said during a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on January 12, Evropeiska Pravda reports. This aid package includes reconnaissance drones, long-range attack drones, and FPV drones that will be used to combat […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have found a new effective way to repel attacks using FPV drones. They intercept their video signals using special scanners. This became known from communications specialist Serhiy Beskretnov, call sign “Flash”. According to the expert, any FPV drone has two radio channels. The first radio channel is used to control […]
Soldiers of the 11th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine destroyed a Russian S-350 Vityaz air defense system in Kherson region using two FPV drones. A video of the destruction of the complex was posted by volunteer, activist and blogger Serhiy Sternenko. The drones managed to completely destroy one anti-aircraft missile launcher and damage […]
Ukrainian companies produce about 50 thousand tons of the stuff every month. FPV drones are only 10-15% of the army’s needs. At the same time, Russians produce six times as many “birds”. Forbes writes about this with reference to experts. The production of FPV drones is relatively easy to scale – they are assembled from […]
The Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions has developed the Metronome complex designed to increase the range of FVP drones. The head of the center, Dmytro Kuzyakin, told journalists about this. The danger of using FPV drones is that the enemy may launch a calculated strike during their launch. During the test of the digital communication […]
Ukrainian soldiers used FPV drones and artillery to attack the occupiers’ location in the occupied part of Kherson region. Journalist Yuriy Butusov published the results of the soldiers’ combat work on his Telegram channel. “The devastating consequences of the attack on the occupiers’ location, probably in the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region. Several […]