The Ukrainian group of volunteer engineers ‘Wild Hornets’ demonstrated an FPV drone that boasts a target detection, lock-on, and tracking system, releasing the corresponding video on their X/Twitter account. Training Wild Hornets 🐝🔥 Details later 😎 #WildHornets #ukrainewarnews pic.twitter.com/2qi1LNB0do — Wild hornets (@wilendhornets) April 20, 2024 Ukrainian military news portal …
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On April 15, 2024, during Defense Industry Workers’ Day, a new drone model was unveiled in the presence of President Volodymyr Zelensky, as reported by Militarnyi. The drone, whose name remains confidential, is designed to target both ground and aerial targets at operational and tactical distances exceeding 100 kilometers, serving …
Read More »WSJ: China Supplied Ukraine With Tens Of Thousands of Drones…
10 PICTURE: FOCUS.UA The Ukrainian forces massively use them at the front. Iran has sold Russia thousands of drones to bomb Ukrainian cities, and another 6,000 drones are to be produced in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone under an Iranian license. Meanwhile, Ukraine buys drones in much larger quantities to …
Read More »Ukraine among world leaders in battlefield tech development,…
Ukraine is one of the world leaders in developing and testing new technological solutions in combat conditions, including those involving AI in uncrewed systems. That’s according to Deputy Minister of Defense Kateryna Chernohorenko, who spoke at the inaugural meeting on the implementation of the Political Declaration on the Responsible Use …
Read More »Ukraine, Russia Compete to Develop Jam-Proof FPV Drones
Ukrainian and Russian drone developers are racing to develop autonomous First Person View (FPV) attack drones immune to radio-jamming. Ukrainian lawyer and activist Serhii Sternenko recently shared a video of one such drone developed by the 60th and 63rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the video, the …
Read More »Ukraine style naval attack drones present challenges, but th…
Many believe attacks on Russian warships by Ukrainian forces using uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) represent a fundamental shift in warfare at sea. Hugh White has argued that ‘surface ships these days are just inherently very vulnerable’ and that the drone attacks prove plans for the Royal Australian Navy are on …
Read More »Russia Ukraine war live: Drones cut power to Crimea as Germa…
Navalny supporters chant outside funeral service in Moscow For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The power supply to large swathes of Crimea has been severed as the region was …
Read More »Ukraine to Produce Lancet-like Drones, but a Better Version
The ZALA Lancet drones are one of the most successful Russian weapons in the war against Ukraine. It is a type of loitering munition with a range of around 40 km. Lancet drones have been a real problem for the defenders of Ukraine. However, the stupid Lancet was also a …
Read More »Ukraine faces deadly ‘invisible’ cluster bombs and new Irani…
Russia has said it will begin mass production of “invisible” cluster bombs this year that can avoid radar detection, as reports claimed that new, more powerful attack drones developed by Iran were being used in Ukraine. The Drel glide bomb is “capable of independently flying the required distance to the …
Read More »Inside the unit deploying small explosive drones in Ukraine’…
By Nick Paton Walsh, Kosta Gak and Christian Streib, CNN Kherson, Ukraine (CNN) — Zip-tying old grenades and mortars to tiny, online-bought drones, and using virtual reality headsets to direct them into Russian targets. It is not the war this four-man drone unit initially signed up for, but it is as effective as it …
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