Ukrainian receiver captures footage from Russian drones in flight
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TechCrunch
The Ukrainian start-up CODE380 has designed a portable receiver that captures live footage transmitted by many Russian drones and displays it on screen. The device enables Ukrainian teams to identify a drone’s trajectory and target before a possible strike, TechCrunch reports, citing Defense News.
The Ukrainian start-up CODE380 has developed a portable receiver that can capture live footage transmitted by many Russian drones, TechCrunch reports. The device, called D·Vision SDR, allows Ukrainian teams to see a drone’s direction and what its pilot is targeting before a possible strike.
The receiver weighs about 10 ounces, less than half the weight of competing Ukrainian models, according to Defense News. It also picks up the radio frequencies used by Russian Molniya drones to transmit footage since June. Radio specialist Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, warned in June, however, that most detectors pick up these frequencies poorly and that excessive reliance on such devices can be fatal.
Beskrestnov also warned that a possible switch from analogue to digital video could make the footage inaccessible to this type of receiver. In August, The New York Times reported that some Molniya drones were guided by artificial intelligence, used Nvidia chips and emitted no signal.
