The Ministry of Defense is developing the direction of "small" air defense against the background of constant attacks by russian drones, and one of the new solutions is the Ukrainian AI turret, capable of automatically detecting and destroying targets.
This was announced in his Telegram post by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
The official noted that the new system was created by one of the participants of the Brave1 platform.
The turret has already undergone combat use and is used in key areas of the front.
The system autonomously detects enemy drones, accompanies them and calculates the flight path, after which the operator only has to confirm the defeat by pressing a button.
"It is important that the technology allows you to destroy even fiber-optic drones that are not vulnerable to electronic warfare," the minister emphasized.
The first AI turrets to be used in combat were the K-2 military brigades. Currently, the system is already being used by more than ten Ukrainian units.
Fedorov also showed a video of the turret's real combat operation against russian drones. According to him, it was possible to quickly bring the development from the drawings to the front thanks to the cooperation of the military and the Brave1 team.
The next stage should be to scale the solution and further strengthen the Ukrainian "small" air defense.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Reuters previously reported that the Ukrainian company Fire Point, known for developing the Flamingo cruise missile, has begun negotiations with leading European defense companies on the creation of a new air defense system.
The goal of the project is to develop a complex for intercepting ballistic missiles that would be significantly cheaper than the American Patriot systems.
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