{"id":1249452,"date":"2025-06-20T14:38:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-have-been-reinforced-with-an-unmanned-fpv-aviation-complex-what-are-its-characteristics\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T14:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:38:23","slug":"the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-have-been-reinforced-with-an-unmanned-fpv-aviation-complex-what-are-its-characteristics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-have-been-reinforced-with-an-unmanned-fpv-aviation-complex-what-are-its-characteristics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been reinforced with an unmanned FPV aviation complex: what are its characteristics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has codified and approved for operation in the Armed Forces the Ukrainian-made unmanned FPV aviation complex &#8220;Svitlovod&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/mod.gov.ua\/news\/park-povitryanih-kamikadze-sil-oboroni-popovniv-novij-dron\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> the press service of the Main Directorate for Supporting the Life Cycle of Armaments and Military Equipment, the defense ministry reports.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The drones of the &#8220;Svitlovod&#8221; complex are built on a sturdy frame, have high-performance engines, and capacious lightweight batteries. These &#8220;birds&#8221; have a fiber-optic control channel and deliver a warhead to a distance of several dozen kilometers. The drones are equipped with automatic target detection and recognition systems. Depending on the configuration, they can be equipped with day or night cameras,&#8221; the post says.<\/p>\n<p> The Ministry of Defense emphasized that the &#8220;Svitlovod&#8221; deploys into combat position in a few minutes.<\/p>\n<p> It should be noted that since January 2025, more than 60 samples of unmanned aircraft systems with a fiber-optic control channel have been approved for operation in the troops.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, the Ministry of Defense codified and approved for operation in the Defense Forces <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/minoborony-vyprobuvalo-ta-dopustylo-do-ekspluatatsii-novyy-bronovyk-varta-2\/\">the new tactical armored vehicle &#8220;Varta-2&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> As reported, the Ministry of Defense has allowed <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/volyniaka-vzhe-na-fronti-minoborony-dopustylo-do-ekspluatatsii-vitchyznianyy-dron-bombarduvalnyk\/\">the domestic bomber hexacopter &#8220;Volynyaka&#8221; to be used in the army.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> By the way, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has developed a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which provides for the procedure and amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/viyskovosluzhbovtsi-otrymuvatymut-hroshovu-vynahorodu-za-innovatsiyni-rozrobky-minoborony-rozrobylo-proiekt\/\">monetary rewards for military personnel for the implementation and use of their innovative developments.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has codified and approved for operation in the Armed Forces the Ukrainian-made unmanned FPV aviation complex &#8220;Svitlovod&#8221;. This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate for Supporting the Life Cycle of Armaments and Military Equipment, the defense ministry reports. &#8220;The drones of the &#8220;Svitlovod&#8221; complex are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1249424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1249452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1249424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}