MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. The Svod unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which combine machine vision with artificial intelligence and can automatically acquire targets at ranges of up to two kilometers, are being tested in the special military operation zone in Ukraine, the All-Russia People's Front, whose Kulibin Club is supporting the developers, told TASS.
The Svod is a separate line of UAVs with an improved system for intelligent guidance, tracking, and autonomous target engagement. The Svod drone combines machine vision with artificial intelligence technology, which implies an intelligent approach to target selection. Its tasks are to spot, acquire, prompt the pilot, and, after confirmation by a human, engage the target. "The system’s unique feature is that we can lock on to a target in clear weather at a range of nearly two kilometers. The Svods are currently being tested in all the frontline units, said Andrey Ivanov, chief designer of the Ovod drone family, which includes the system.
He added that the uniqueness of the new UAV is that it can to lock on to a target from afar, and while approaching, switch to another target or abort the attack if necessary.
"We eliminate the need for the operator to continuously navigate the drone; it can fly in autopilot mode. When it (the drone - TASS) spots a target 2 kilometers away in clear weather, it can lock on to it, and if we realize the system has made a mistake, we designate the target anew. The drone flies at about 40 meters per second, so 2 kilometers is 50 seconds. That's a lot," Ivanov noted.