13 hours ago · Exploding FPV drones in Ukraine are often armed with either a munition like an anti-tank rocket-propelled-grenade warhead or plastic explosives. A 3DTech employee tests an FPV drone in a small room.

1 day ago · Hlib Kanevsky, head of the procurement policy department at the ministry, noted that Ukraine had secured over 1.5 million FPV drones last year, with 96% sourced from domestic manufacturers and ...

Jun 20, 2024 · The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought FPV drones to prominence as a component of modern militaries and it appears that they are here to stay. This can be seen in the way the Ukrainian and Russian armies are both incorporating this …

Mar 26, 2024 · FPVs - originally designed for civilian racers - are controlled by pilots on the ground and often crashed into targets, laden with explosives. The total cost of the drone’s components, including...

4 days ago · In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a soldier in a shelter gets ready to fire FPV drones towards Russian positions in a shelter in Kramatorsk direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, March 22, 2025. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)

2 days ago · Small, first-person view (FPV) drones are rapidly becoming the most significant weapon of modern warfare, the CEO of a technology-oriented defense contractor said in an interview. Ryan Gury, CEO ...

Jan 14, 2025 · FPV drones, small racing quadcopters typically armed with warheads scavenged from RPGs, have been the signature weapon of the conflict in Ukraine. Ukraine made more than a million last year,...

Mar 12, 2025 · Some 60-80% of Ukrainian “first-person view” or FPV strike drones fail to reach their targets, writes RUSI, depending on the pilot’s skill and target location. (For remote-controlled drones ...

Mar 10, 2025 · Ukraine plans to purchase 4.5 million first-person-view (FPV) drones this year as part of a large-scale effort to equip its military with advanced technologies, the Defense Ministry reported on March 10.

Aug 8, 2024 · On Aug. 7, the Ukrainian military released footage showing one of its unknown models of FPV drones successfully hitting the tail rotor of a Russian Mi-28 Havoc attack helicopter over the...