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US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own

Auterion says the strike kit replaces manual piloting with onboard AI that can track targets autonomously and cut costs to about $2,000 per drone.

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Ukrainian drone operators have destroyed many Russian armored vehicles on the ground and even military helicopters in midair using $400 Shrike drones with explosive payloads. Now thousands of such drones are getting upgraded with an AI system capable of autonomously tracking and homing in on moving targets. In mid-July, the Ukrainian military began receiving Shrike drones made by the Ukrainian company SkyFall equipped with AI-powered autonomy ha…

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Thousands of Ukrainian drones will receive an artificial intelligence system capable of tracking moving targets even if they lose the signal or GPS. The operator will continue to choose the target, but the device will be able to complete the approach alone

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The association "Wings for Europe" doesn't look like a club of aeromodelists. For three years, volunteers meet every week in Brussels to assemble drones for the Ukrainian army. The place is kept secret: "One detail could give us a chance to empty it." Among them are Belgians, but also refugees, like the 22-year-old Helga, who fled the bombing four years ago and who, today, wants to help his family, friends and country with a welding machine and …

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A collaboration between the U.S. company Auterion and the Ukrainian manufacturer SkyFall makes it possible to equip 50,000 Shrike drones with an advanced AI for the battlefield. This terminal guidance system allows the aircraft to track and hit targets independently, even in the event of GPS signal interference or loss of radio link. Unlike expensive Western precision munitions, these drones use affordable electronic chips to offer a smoother ef…

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Euromaidan Press broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, August 3, 2026.
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