A hobby computer, a cheap airframe, and a Russian jet drone: how Zirka’s upgrade scored its kill
The interceptor’s vision software detects the target, tracks it, and guides the drone home, leaving its crew mostly to manage the closing speed.
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Posting strike videos online may help Russia tune its drones’ optical targeting. Moscow now pays people to film hits, Ukrainian adviser warns
Russia is collecting footage of its Geran attack drones hitting Ukraine, probably to test the optical target-recognition systems that guide them in their final seconds.
AI is changing Russia’s drone war on Ukrainian cities, deputy air defense commander says
Russia's jet-powered Geran-4 drones carry machine vision that lets them recognize and track targets.
Combat shows speed alone can’t catch Russia’s jet-powered drones, despite eight Ukrainian makers’ assurances. So why can’t they stop them?
Eight makers said their interceptors were ready last winter. They weren't.
AI against AI over Ukraine: Russia’s Shahed now sees its target, and Ukraine’s interceptor sees Shahed
Russia showed a new Geran-4 Seeker Shahed variant with machine-vision AI targeting.
German Vector and Twister drones already help Ukraine track targets. Soon, they’ll come armed with power to hear artillery before it hits
They will be linked to neural networks are being developed to automatically identify weapons — and guide counterstrikes.