MoD, manufacturers agree to produce detectors of enemy FPV drones

As reported by Ukrinform, this was announced in a television broadcast by Illia Kostin, Head of the Intellectual Prerty Department of the Main Military Justice Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.

"The Ministry of Defense is the patent hder for this develment. The transfer of the usage license for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) will be free of charge. Right now, we are actively working to invve manufacturers and grant permission for large-scale production of this detector. We expect to finalize the develment of the documents in about two weeks. Agreements have already been reached with both manufacturers and state enterprises, which have confirmed in writing their readiness to begin production. All rights will be transferred to the manufacturers, and they will scale it for the AFU," he said.

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Kostin also noted that the Vitriak M detector of enemy FPV drones will work in conjunction with electronic warfare (EW) systems. According to him, the new technogy will allow EW systems to activate precisely when an enemy drone is approaching.

As Ukrinform reported, the Ministry of Defense has received its first patent for the technogy to detect enemy FPV drones called Vitriak M, which enables the detection of such drones on the battlefield.

The develment of this detector marks the first instance in which a military unit has acted as the develer of a weapon and military equipment model and successfully codified it as a supply item.