FPV Drones & Artificial Intelligence: How Russia is Transforming Drone Warfare

– FPV drones transform cheap, easy-to-produce drones into precision guided weapons;

– FPV drones have several disadvantages including loss-of-signal as it begins its attack dive or encounters electronic warfare;

– AI targeting allows an operator to designate a target while still in signal line-of-sight and before entering an area defended by electronic warfare, for the AI to then automatically guide the drone to its target without any external signal;

– Russia’s large military industrial base lends its an advantage in both quantity and quality over Ukraine and its Western sponsors;

References:

Shepherd – Russia claims to have developed AI-based aiming system for kamikaze drone (August 2023):
https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/la…

TASS – Russia uses AI in combat drones (November 2023):
https://tass.com/defense/1708657

Wired – Russia’s Killer Drone in Ukraine Raises Fears About AI in Warfare (March 2022):
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-drones…

Washington Post – The war in Ukraine is spurring a revolution in drone warfare using AI (July 2023):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/…

The Economist – Russia is starting to make its superiority in electronic warfare count (November 2023):
https://www.economist.com/europe/2023…

FT – Military briefing: Russia has the upper hand in electronic warfare with Ukraine (January 7, 2024):
https://www.ft.com/content/a477d3f1-8…

Kyiv Post – Russia’s Night Drones Pose a Serious New Threat to Ukraine’s Troops (December 2023):
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/25459

Kyiv Independent – Minister urges Ukrainians to create drones for army at home (January 13, 2024):
https://kyivindependent.com/digital-t…

Forbes – Russian Volunteer Group Claims To Make 1,000 FPV Kamikaze Drones A Day (December 2023):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidham…