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Russia Launches Drones Guided by Fiber Optics to Avoid Radio Jamming
- gnabgib 2y agoRelated Fiber optic drone control beats any RF jammer (260 points, 24 days ago, 267 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41143322 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41143322
- walterbell 2y agoThis Aug 2024 update covers newsworthy developments since the March 2024 article, including commercial availability: German company HIGHCAT is demonstrating its HMX fiber-optic drone in Ukraine this month. Now combat footage has emerged of what appears to be the first strikes by this type of weapon ... The controller can use an AI system heavier and more powerful than a drone could carry, taking advantage of high-resolution imagery to track and identify objects in real time. The cheap drone is expended but the expensive controller is reused for multiple strikes. Six months ago this technology was not even a rumor. Now it is on the open market and destroying targets.
- slicktux 2y agoThis is an interesting approach and surely a game changer for any side… I recall years back watching a video on a Russian university equivalent of STEM research project. The video showed students making drones from scratch and the comments made a mockery of the research; something in the realm of “they are making drones while we already have plenty in the market”. Needless to say that it’s one thing to buy a drone and another to make a drone that you control and can customize for whatever environment or needs.