Ukrainian drones are developing a cheap F-Jet 80 jet interceptor drone to fight the "Shades" (machine translation) The Ukrainian F-Drones company is developing the F-Jet 80 jet interceptor drone, which is designed to fight Russian drones. The new UAV is positioned as a low-cost interceptor at a cost of about $7,000. To improve accuracy, the engineers plan to equip the interceptor with artificial intelligence, which will help identify and pursue aerial targets. In the comments, the promoters stated that the goal of the project is to create an interceptor with a small jet engine with a thrust of 8-10 kg. One of the main tasks during the development remains the low cost of the device, which they plan to keep at the level of 5-7 thousand dollars in order to ensure simple and mass production. Thanks to its jet engine, the F-Jet 80 will be able to effectively counter Russian Geranium-type jet UAVs. At the same time, according to a planning engineer of the company named Igor, the UAV has already managed to intercept and destroy several targets. Russia is expanding the use of drones for jet attack in its war against Ukraine. Traditional kamikaze-type UAVs with internal combustion engines have a relatively slow flight speed, making them easy targets for Ukrainian interceptor UAVs. Jet engines make it possible to increase flight speed and quickly overcome areas where air defense systems are located. Thus, it has been reported that Russia has increased the production of Gran-4 and Gran-5 attack UAVs to 4,000 units per month. This is twice the production volume of Gran-2 piston engines. At the same time, according to intelligence data, Russia produces about 2,000 Gran-2 type piston engines every month.

Ukrainian drones are developing a cheap F-Jet 80 jet interceptor drone to fight the "Shades" (machine translation) The Ukrainian F-Drones company is developing the F-Jet 80 jet interceptor drone, which is designed to fight Russian drones. The new UAV is positioned as a low-cost interceptor at a cost of about $7,000. To improve accuracy, the engineers plan to equip the interceptor with artificial intelligence, which will help identify and pursue aerial targets. In the comments, the promoters stated that the goal of the project is to create an interceptor with a small jet engine with a thrust of 8-10 kg. One of the main tasks during the development remains the low cost of the device, which they plan to keep at the level of 5-7 thousand dollars in order to ensure simple and mass production. Thanks to its jet engine, the F-Jet 80 will be able to effectively counter Russian Geranium-type jet UAVs. At the same time, according to a planning engineer of the company named Igor, the UAV has already managed to intercept and destroy several targets. Russia is expanding the use of drones for jet attack in its war against Ukraine. Traditional kamikaze-type UAVs with internal combustion engines have a relatively slow flight speed, making them easy targets for Ukrainian interceptor UAVs. Jet engines make it possible to increase flight speed and quickly overcome areas where air defense systems are located. Thus, it has been reported that Russia has increased the production of Gran-4 and Gran-5 attack UAVs to 4,000 units per month. This is twice the production volume of Gran-2 piston engines. At the same time, according to intelligence data, Russia produces about 2,000 Gran-2 type piston engines every month.