‘Dronefall’ has reached the latest Russian V2U drones

As part of the ‘Dronefall’ project by the Come Back Alive Foundation, the first of the latest Russian V2U attack drones has already been shot down.

This was reported on the social media of the charitable organization and a corresponding video was published.

Two enemy UAVs of this type were shot down by the drone pilots of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade and 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov using FPV interceptors.

“The Russians have very few drones that Dronefall has not yet ”tasted”. However, as you can see, they are producing and inventing new configurations and means. Our task is to stop them, minimizing the damage,“ noted the Come Back Alive Foundation.

The ‘Dronefall’ project is aimed at supporting the Ukrainian Defense Forces in destroying Russian reconnaissance and other drones using interceptor drones.

Recently, the Directorate of Intelligence (DIU) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine described the components found in the new Russian V2U attack drone.

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This drone reportedly has a wingspan of 1.2 meters, a payload of up to 3.5 kg, an electric motor, a cruising speed of 60 km/h and a flight duration of up to 1 hour. Communication is carried out via a two-way LTE channel, and power is provided by a 34 Ah battery.

Artificial intelligence software is responsible for spatial orientation and target acquisition and selection.

According to the DIU, the computer system is based on the Chinese minicomputer Leetop A203, which uses a high-speed assembly based on NVIDIA Jetson Orin as a central processor.

Another rather interesting decision was to equip the drone with only one GPS module, which probably indicates that the Russians refused to use satellite navigation due to the operation of Ukrainian electronic warfare systems.

Instead, the main emphasis is placed on the Microdrive Tandem-4GS-OEM-11 modem router, which works with a SIM card of a Ukrainian mobile operator. The drone is also likely to use computer vision navigation – the drone compares the camera image with the preloaded photos of the area.

In the Russian V2U attack drone, in addition to Chinese components, components from such countries as Japan – a light-sensitive sensor from Sony, Ireland – an electromagnetic relay from TE Connectivity, as well as components from Switzerland – a microcontroller, and the United States – a dual-band wireless adapter and a computer module were found in smaller quantities.