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The 111th Terrodefense Brigade is armed with the Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle ‘Koldun’. Military personnel told the journalists of the YouTube channel ‘There is a Question’ about the features of this aircraft. The ‘Chaklun’ UAV was developed by Dnipro designers who are members of the Federation of Aeromodelling Sports. The drone is extremely easy to […]
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 […]
Israeli engineers managed to create silent bombs for UAVs. Due to the lack of noise, it is quite difficult to dodge them. According to Reuters, despite being silent, drone bombs are very powerful. The latest ammunition belongs to the gravity class. They lack afterburners and power plants. As the bombs fall, they accelerate to 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 […]
Ihor Lachenkov, Oleg Horokhovskyi and the UNITED24 platform organized a fundraiser for the purchase of ‘Shahed Hunters’. From the message published by Mykhailo Fedorov in his Telegram channel, it follows that interceptor drones are already in Ukraine. They provide protection of energy facilities. The message emphasizes that the collected funds were used to purchase six […]
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’ […]
On January 25th, luck smiled on the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the day, they shot down four Orlan-10 reconnaissance drones, as well as one rare Supercam drone. A message about this appeared on the Facebook account of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. ‘Orlan-10’ in the Armed Forces […]
The Ukrainian company Ukrspecsystems renewed the reconnaissance drone SHARK. She revealed the changes on her Twitter page. The updated UAV SHARK received larger wings with a span of 3.4 m, as well as a more powerful battery. Such modifications increased the flight time from two to four hours — now the drone can conduct reconnaissance […]
By the end of December, Ukraine will launch the first naval drone fleet on the planet. They will engage in the physical destruction of Russian troops. Mykhailo Fedorov told Ukrainians about this in Telegram. He reminded that the UNITED24 platform was launched in Ukraine at the end of spring. It is intended to collect funds […]
The Ministry of Defense of Luxembourg handed over six all-weather drones to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is about the Primoco One 150 model, which is produced in the Czech Republic. It is known that the take-off weight of the Primoco One 150 is 150 kg. The autonomy of the UAV can reach 15 […]