Meanwhile, Pavlovskyi had been working on a far simpler device. Initially, he dismissed it as unpromising, but this cost-effective device is now in use against Russian reconnaissance and FPV drones as well as ambush UAVs – those the Russians leave on standby along roads, waiting for targets.
The product, called Aero Trawl, does more than shoot down Russian UAVs – it enables their capture and transfer to Ukrainian intelligence.
5 Comments
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev · 13 pts · 205d
It’s a net. They zip tie a net to a drone. It costs about $18.50.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 205d
There's a similar niche of products that shoot nets down below. That way you can carry several charges but can't transport captured drones, unless you've got someone on the ground.
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 205d
That’s pretty slick! Cheap too so will definitely be a boon.
bluGill@fedia.io · 3 pts · 205d
They need to mass produce it before it can be a boon.all the while hoping there isn't a counter developed. I wish them luck ot this hard problem
real_squids@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 205d
Can't counter physics I'm afraid. Kinetic interception is the drone endgame