FPV Drones
topic on 5 shows · 12 statements across 6 episodes
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12 statements about FPV Drones, every show
Monroe-Anderson: PBAS is America's first FPV drone program of record
“So this is the PBAS, Purpose Built a Tradeable System Program. And really like the first program of record for FPV drones in America.”
Ukraine is projected to consume seven million FPV drones in 2026
“Ukraine is estimated to use seven million FPV drones this year”
Azhnyuk: Standard 10-Inch Ukrainian FPV Drones Strike at 30-40 Kilometers
“Many hits are happening between 30 and 40 kilometers, and that's what expected from a regular 10 inch, ah, FPV drone.”
Azhnyuk: FPV Drones Cause 70% to 80% of Frontline Casualties
“Out of all the casualties on the frontline, between 70 and 80% are done by FPV drones.”
Azhnyuk: FPV drone autonomy hardware costs hundreds of dollars in BOM
“When you put full autonomy on that FPV drone, which can be not very expensive, like systems that we're producing, they're like hundreds of dollars of pure bomb costs.”
Azhnyuk: Full autonomy increases FPV drone capability by 10,000 times
“Such full autonomy increases the capabilities of an FPV drone, which is already, like, three orders more powerful than an artillery shell. Full autonomy increases its capabilities by four orders of magnitude, because now you can have a hundred times as many pe…”
Azhnyuk: Ukraine made 4M FPV drones last year with 7M targeted this year
“Last year alone, Ukraine manufactured about four million of these, and then Russia's maybe, like, 20% less than that. And for this year, the publicly voiced target was seven million on the Ukrainian side.”
Thousands of drones have been shot down with shotguns in Ukraine
“There are like hundreds, maybe thousands of cases of drones being shut down with shotguns, both by, definitely thousands, but both by Ukrainians and Russians.”
Monroe-Anderson: Ukraine Will Produce 4.5M FPV Drones in 2025
“It's estimated Ukraine is going to produce four and a half million FPV drones this year.”
Future military FPV drones will navigate autonomously and operate without RF links
“I think they'll be more automated. They'll have stabilization systems. You'll be able to select a target and the drone will do its own navigation to intercept that target. They won't rely necessarily on RF communication systems since the jamming environment is…”
Torsten Reil: Ukraine and Russia each produce 1.5M FPV drones annually
“I believe Ukraine is, is building one and a half million FPV drones, the small first person view drones, drones a year. I think Russia is building roughly the same.”
Lowery: FPV drones require direct impact, making short-range microwave defenses effective
“What happens is, is a first person viewer drone with what they call a contact charge needs to drive that first person view drone all the way into impact. Cause how the contact charge works is it hits the armor And then a little spike shoots through the armor, …”