Ukrainian engineers focused on unmanned aerial vehicles and are actively developing this area, but helicopters for reconnaissance need to be purchased abroad.
Ukraine still has no alternative to drones manufactured by Chinese companies DJI and Autel, despite playing an important role in the war. Operator training instructor Sergei Ristenko from the Aerorazvedka public organization spoke about the reasons for the Pres project.
According to Sergey Ristenko, it is difficult to find an alternative to Chinese-made civilian drones such as DJI Mavic and Autel, which help the military in reconnaissance – even after a year of war in Ukraine, there are no domestic analogues in this segment . Since the army constantly needs reconnaissance UAVs, and they need to buy ready-made devices from abroad, the Ukrainians do not have enough time to develop.
“I know the sectors of the front where our troops cleared infantry and equipment with conventional Maviks. They did this constantly, systematically and were able to advance. Therefore, it is difficult without them now,” said the expert. “Developers need time, which we don’t have. We can wait and develop the same Mavic, but we need ‘eyes’ ahead, here and now.”
Ukrainian engineers, on the other hand, developed several attack aircraft, including “kamikaze” and reconnaissance aircraft. Currently, about 10 domestic models are actively used at the front, including the R-18 heavy bomber from Aerorazvedka. The trainer suggests that Ukraine may be the only country in the world to start mass production of military UAVs from scratch.
“Now it is impossible to imagine a war without drones. Moreover, now the direction of kamikaze drones has conditionally “exploded”, it is currently actively developing, they make many such drones, they train a lot. 200-300 dollars can destroy a Russian T-72 tank. Only a drone – a tank,” commented Sergey Ristenko.
It was previously written that the Ukrainian company “Khvilya’91” established a plant for the production of shock drones 10 times cheaper than the DJI Mavic 3. In addition to the price, their advantage lies in their larger carrying capacity, which allows you. Drop the ammunition stronger.
Meanwhile, the soldiers of the 35th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are assembling kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicles with their own hands. The devices, whose cost is about $ 500, can even hit Russian tanks.
Source: Focus
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