Russian military personnel are testing "Svod" unmanned aerial vehicles in combat. The drones combine machine vision and artificial intelligence technologies. This was reported by the "People's Front."
"Svod" is a separate line of devices with an improved intelligent guidance, tracking, and autonomous target engagement system.
The new drone is part of the "Ovod" drone family. According to Ivanov, its main tasks are to see, capture a target, and destroy it after confirmation from the operator.
In clear weather, "Svod" captures a target at a distance of up to 2 km. Currently, these UAVs are being tested in advanced units of the Russian Armed Forces.
Some characteristics of the "Svod" drone:
- Flight speed — 40 m/s
- Autopilot mode
- Automatic target acquisition
- Possibility of target correction by the operator
