Ukrainian drone manufacturer Wild Hornets has released a video on its social media showing the company’s Sting interceptor drone accelerating to 315 km/h. This makes the Sting one of the fastest first-person combat drones, Defender Media reports.
The interceptor has been operating at the frontline for two months and Wild Hornets reports that during this time the drone has hit 205 targets – 78 Shaheds and 127 Gerbers.
The drone is equipped with an AI intelligence target guidance system. According to Business Insider, one Sting costs about USD 2,500.
Recently, Defender Media reported on the project of another Shahed interceptor – the reusable Mangust drone with a jet engine and an automatic homing system from the Odessa engineering bureau Tekhnary. According to the developers, it will fly up to the Shaheds, fire a fragmentation charge into the engine or propeller of the enemy drone, and then continue its mission or return to refuel and recharge.
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