Ukrainian company is developing active protection system against FPV drones – photo

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Ukrainian company Rovertech, known for producing the Zmii (Snake) unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), is developing its own active protection system (APS) against FPV drones, called Tarantul.

Source: Borys Drozhak, co-founder of Rovertech, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda

Details: The Snake Island Institute, together with the 3rd Army Corps, the Brave1 defence tech cluster and AB3.Tech organised a crash test of FPV drone detection systems. [The Snake Island Institute is an organisation established to fortify the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the United States with a particular focus on defence and security cooperation. AB3 Tech is a platform launched by Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade to help Ukrainian defence tech companies test and scale their products – ed.]

The main idea behind the APS is to detect an FPV drone and down it with a net launcher at close range to prevent the UGV from being hit or to minimise damage.