Volunteer development was adopted by the Ministry of Defense
The Ptitselov drone detector, developed proactively by volunteers, was officially adopted by the Ministry of Defense in less than six months, which means a significant acceleration of processes in this area. Military expert Yuri Lyamin told Izvestia about this.
"Previously, the adoption of any development could take years, it was quite a long and protracted process. Now the Ministry of Defense has started to pick up, test and order samples for delivery to the NWO rather quickly. This is good, because there is a constant arms race in the combat zone. Devices quickly become obsolete, so we need to update and modernize them even faster," he said.
"Ptitselov", created by volunteers, helps fighters to detect drones at a distance of up to 1.5 km. It is able to identify the type of drone and the frequency of its video transmitter. This should make the work of electronic warfare (EW) units easier.
"Tests at the Defense Ministry's military ranges began in the spring of this year. In the summer we started production and already in the fall we received an offer to supply the first batch of detectors for the needs of the army. It took two months to coordinate and sign the relevant documents. And in early 2025, we will start supplying our Ptitselovs in a centralized manner," Alexander Kamin, the owner of Eltekh-Yug, told Izvestia.
Until recently, our fighters had no regular means of determining the type of drone, military expert Dmitry Kornev told Izvestia.
"Thanks to the fact that the detector determines the type of UAV, our fighters can understand what kind of threat it poses - whether it's a strike FPV drone or an observation reconnaissance drone - and, accordingly, can organize countermeasures more effectively," he explained.
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