The Armed Forces of Ukraine received Ukrainian automatic guided FPV unmanned aerial vehicles that hit targets protected by electronic warfare (video)

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are armed with kamikaze drones with automatic targeting, which are not afraid of electronic warfare systems (EW). Volunteer Sergei Sternenko told about this on his Telegram channel.

The volunteer also added a video showing the operation of guided FPV drones from the 60 and 63 separate mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It shows a Russian tank being destroyed by such a UAV. The drone approached the target in conditions of active suppression with electronic warfare equipment, but at the same time managed to complete its mission at the final stage of the defeat.

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Sternenko notes that the technology is still new and requires refinement and scaling. In the future, UAVs in the form of quadcopters and aircraft are expected to be equipped with this technical solution both during the day and at night.

This isn’t the first time a drone has been developed in Ukraine, but the video shows one of the first real applications of the technology in warfare. He says that Russian invaders also have such technology in the testing phase. The project will be supported by volunteers for now, but it is planned to include the state in the project in the future.

“And yes, this is not the first solution in Ukraine. But it is one of the first successful applications. And unfortunately the enemy also has similar developments. The Russians have been testing a similar technology for more than a month, so we must invest more in development and As a product Once it is fully ready, we will involve the state in the purchasing process to expand it further,” says Sergei Sternenko.

If we calculate the cost of such a drone, according to Sternenko, who named the number of a large batch of more than 1,300 units at a cost of 50 million hryvnia, it will be equivalent to 1,000 US dollars. However, the report states that some of this amount goes to further development and improvement.

In another message, Sergei notes that the video of guided drones that will appear on the Internet in the future will not always be of high quality. These UAVs will be used by fighters precisely in conditions of operation of electronic warfare systems that cause interference or complete interruption of broadcasting via the video channel. But the main task of drones is to effectively destroy the equipment of Russian invaders.

The Defense Express website notes that with such a drone, the operator only needs to designate a target to hit, and then the drone itself will head towards that target. And while it’s likely to be priced higher than traditional drones, it could cost much less to hit a target given its price. After all, electronic warfare systems often hide more expensive targets, and their elimination often requires several conventional drones or other means.

There are other Ukrainian developments that make it possible to bypass electronic warfare systems. Recently, the Dronarnya company demonstrated the Banderik-Strichka attack drone, which is connected to the operator via fiber optic cable. A wired drone is resistant to electronic warfare, always transmits high-quality images and is safer for pilots – the enemy cannot find them using radio reconnaissance. However, there are a number of limitations in use: it can become entangled in its own cable or snagged on other objects, resulting in the drone being lost.

Ukrainian manufacturers, who also did not introduce themselves, offered a printed circuit board for switching drone frequencies to non-standard frequencies. The device allows you to set the frequencies of three video channels and, if necessary, change them during the flight.