{"id":1428976,"date":"2026-08-17T15:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/flight-range-over-2-000-kilometers-the-ministry-of-defense-codified-the-new-dovbush-t40-drone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:57:34","slug":"flight-range-over-2-000-kilometers-the-ministry-of-defense-codified-the-new-dovbush-t40-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/flight-range-over-2-000-kilometers-the-ministry-of-defense-codified-the-new-dovbush-t40-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight range over 2,000 kilometers: The Ministry of Defense codified the new Dovbush T40 drone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has codified the domestic unmanned aviation complex &#8220;Dovbush T40&#8221;. The drone can cover a distance of over 2,000 km, stay in the air for over a day, and is designed for reconnaissance and high-precision strikes at a considerable distance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This<a href=\"https:\/\/mod.gov.ua\/news\/doletyt-do-sybiru-minoborony-kodyfikuvalo-bezpilotnyk-dovbush-t40\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported<\/a> by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> The Dovbush T40 has a wingspan of almost 5 m and is designed for deep reconnaissance, fire control, and destruction of enemy structures, equipment, and personnel.<\/p>\n<p> According to the Ministry of Defense, during the tests, the drone confirmed the declared tactical and technical characteristics. Among its features are low radar visibility, a high-performance engine with an electronic injection system, and resistance to electronic warfare means.<\/p>\n<p> The Dovbush T40 can be used in two ways: as a kamikaze strike drone or for dropping ammunition.<\/p>\n<p> The Ministry of Defense noted that the range of the complex is sufficient to hit targets beyond the Urals and in Siberia.<\/p>\n<p> The drone was manufactured at a Ukrainian enterprise that has been producing the Dovbush T20 and Kotygoroshko UAVs since 2022. The Dovbush T40 was created based on the operating experience of the previous Dovbush T20 model.<\/p>\n<p> Recall that since the beginning of 2026<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/halka-beshket-ta-bilyy-vovk-minoborony-kodyfikuvalo-ponad-400-novykh-bpak\/\">, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has codified and approved for operation in the Defense Forces of Ukraine 413 unmanned aerial systems (UAS)<\/a> . Almost all of them are Ukrainian-made.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/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=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has codified the domestic unmanned aviation complex &#8220;Dovbush T40&#8221;. The drone can cover a distance of over 2,000 km, stay in the air for over a day, and is designed for reconnaissance and high-precision strikes at a considerable distance. Thiswas reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1428964,"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-1428976","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\/1428976","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\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1428976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1428964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1428976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1428976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}