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Will replace expensive UAVs: a cheap and mass drone "Falcon" (Video) was shed for the Armed Forces

To spread: The Ukrainian company Vyriy Drone has introduced a new Falcon drone at Defense Tech Valley 2025, conceived as an inexpensive tool for tactical intelligence. Falcon drone is intended for mass use along the line of combat collision, where enemy electronic warfare (HRB) and drones-interceptors are active. In this way, this UAV will release more expensive remedies for deep intelligence, told CEO Vyriy Drone Alexei Babenko portal "Militar".

"If we do not appear in large quantities, if they are not massive, then we will simply blind or stay without money. Now use expensive" layers "and" storks "just along the front line. Losing the means that should work in the depths of enemy, which have great potential, is economically impossible," To reduce the cost of UAVs, the developers did not use the best solutions by choosing simply a "good camera and a good digital relationship".

Thanks to this, one "Falcon" costs about $ 3-5 thousand, which is several times cheaper than most Ukrainian reconnaissance drones. The drone received a 10-fold optical zoom with the possibility of three-fold digital scaling. This is enough to detect the car at a distance of several kilometers. The drone can fly in automatic, semi -automatic or completely manual mode, based on the satellite navigation system. It runs out of your hands and requires a minimum of operator skills.

Three crew members are required to deploy UAV. Falcon is currently at the final development stage. For drone, a land control station is created, unified with the drone "September". Given the ease of operation of a new drone, the company is calculated on its mass use in the defense forces of Ukraine. Falcon drone characteristics: Recall that Ukrainian company Warbirds of Ukraine presented at Defense Tech Valley 2025 a long -range cuckoo.