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Skydweller Aero has successfully conducted a series of test flights of the Autonomous Maritime Patrol Aircraft (AMPA) in preparation for its operational deployment in 2025.
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine held a demonstration of the latest FPV drones controlled via fibre optics. The event brought together domestic developers who presented more than a dozen models of such drones.
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has announced that the new Shchedryk unmanned aerial vehicle developed by domestic manufacturers has been approved for operation.
The supply of UAVs from the international Drone Coalition to Ukraine will begin in January 2025. This was stated by Deputy Defence Secretary Luke Pollard during a speech in the House of Commons, according to Yevropeiska Pravda.
Since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has handed over more than 1.3 million UAVs to the Defence Forces.
The Ukrainian Peklo cruise missile has gone into mass production: about 100 units have already been manufactured in three months.
The Ukrainian company, together with the Czech company PBS, has completed the development of the AI-PBS-350 jet engine for drones and has already launched production.
The Ukrainian Defence Forces are already using laser weapons capable of shooting down airborne targets at altitudes of over 2 km. This makes Ukraine one of the few countries with such technology.
On Sunday, 15 December, a Ukrainian converted sports plane struck a Russian special forces base in Grozny, Chechnya, some 960 km from the front line in Ukraine.
Turkey controls 65% of the global drone market, with Baykar outperforming the competition in recent years thanks to innovation and successful exports.
In recent weeks, drones have been spotted over Picatinny Arsenal and Donald Trump's golf course in Bedminster. Flight restrictions were imposed near the facilities.
During the presentation of the Borys Paton National Prize in 2024, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the new Ruta drone missile developed by the Ukrainian defence industry had already been tested.
The Ukrainian Defence Forces have received more than 6,000 long-range attack drones since the beginning of 2024, including Liutii, Firepoint and other models.
The number of external drone crews in the Armed Forces of Ukraine increased sevenfold in 2024. This was announced by Defence Minister Rustem Umerov after a meeting with representatives of the Armed Forces, the State Special Communications Service and the Ministry of Defence.
The Come Back Alive Foundation, together with Nova Poshta, delivered the first batch of equipment to the Ukrainian Air Force as part of the REBT so REBT project. 17 military units received an entire ecosystem to combat enemy reconnaissance drones.
