More than half a million hours of drone footage recorded during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine have been added to a new artificial intelligence (AI) training dataset, giving defense companies, military organizations, and NATO members access to one of the largest collections of real-world combat imagery ever assembled. US-based AI and data-labeling company, Enabled Intelligence, announced the launch of the dataset this week, describing it as the first Ukraine-focused full-motion video collection in its EView library.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “What sets it apart is that it’s real – not simulated, not a controlled environment,” Enabled Intelligence founder and CEO Peter Kant told DefenseScoop on Tuesday. Since Russia’s 2022 invasion began, Ukrainian forces have generated vast amounts of drone footage documenting frontline operations. According to Kant, the new collection contains more than 500,000 hours of pre-labeled and validated video, covering aerial object detection, vehicle classification, and ground activity. “It’s footage from one of the most complex and dynamic conflicts in modern history,” Kant said. “That kind of operational authenticity is extremely hard to replicate, and it is exactly what AI systems need to perform when deployed.” The company said the dataset can significantly reduce the time required to train AI models by eliminating much of the manual work involved in labeling and validating imagery.