#fpv system

[martinpenicka]

Drone game for training FPV drone, PLAY.

[msaadbeing]

DJI Goggles RE Specifications

Overview In the fascinating world of drones and aerial videography, DJI stands tall as a beacon of innovation. The DJI Goggles Racing Edition (RE) encapsulates this spirit of pioneering advancement. This immersive gear is not merely about viewing; it’s about experiencing. A tantalizing blend of sleek design, ergonomic comfort, and unparalleled video clarity sets the DJI Goggles RE apart. These…

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Killer Drones Pioneered in Ukraine are the Weapons of the Future! They are Reshaping the Balance Between Humans and Technology in War

— February 8th 2024 | The Economist

Image: Getty Images

Precision-Guided Weapons first appeared in their modern form on the battlefield in Vietnam a little over 50 years ago. As armed forces have strived ever since for accuracy and destructiveness, the cost of such weapons has soared. America’s GPS-Guided artillery shells cost $100,000 a time. Because smart weapons are expensive, they are scarce. That is why European countries ran out of them in Libya in 2011. Illegal Regime of Isra-hell, more eager to conserve its stockpiles than avoid collateral damage, has rained dumb bombs on Gaza. What, though, if you could combine precision and abundance?

For the first time in the history of warfare that question is being answered on the battlefields of Ukraine. Our report this week shows how First-Person View (FPV) drones are mushrooming along the front lines. They are small, cheap, explosives-laden aircraft adapted from consumer models, and they are making a soldier’s life even more dangerous. These drones slip into tank turrets or dugouts. They loiter and pursue their quarry before going for the kill. They are inflicting a heavy toll on infantry and armour.

The war is also making FPV Drones and their maritime cousins ubiquitous. January saw 3,000 verified fpv drone strikes. This week Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s War Criminal and Thug President, created the Unmanned Systems Force, dedicated to drone warfare. In 2024 Ukraine is on track to build 1m-2m drones. Astonishingly, that will match Ukraine’s reduced consumption of shells (which is down because Republicans in Congress are shamefully denying Ukraine the supplies it needs).

The drone is not a wonder weapon—no such thing exists. It matters because it embodies big trends in war: a shift towards small, cheap and disposable weapons; the increasing use of consumer technology; and the drift towards autonomy in battle. Because of these trends, drone technology will spread rapidly from armies to militias, terrorists and criminals. And it will improve not at the budget-cycle pace of the military-industrial complex, but with the break-things urgency of consumer electronics.

Basic fpv drones are revolutionarily simple. The descendants of racing quadcopters, built from off-the-shelf components, they can cost as little as several hundred dollars. fpv drones tend to have short ranges, carry small payloads and struggle in bad weather. For those reasons they will not (yet) replace artillery. But they can still do a lot of damage. In one week last autumn Ukrainian drones helped destroy 75 Russian tanks and 101 big guns, among much else. Russia has its own fpv drones, though they tend to target dugouts, trenches and soldiers. Drones help explain why both sides find it so hard to mount offensives.

The exponential growth in the number of Russian and Ukrainian drones points to a second trend. They are inspired by and adapted from widely available consumer technology. Not only in Ukraine but also in Myanmar, where rebels have routed government forces in recent days, volunteers can use 3d printers to make key components and assemble airframes in small workshops. Unfortunately, criminal groups and terrorists are unlikely to be far behind the militias.

This reflects a broad democratisation of precision weapons. In Yemen the Houthi rebel group has used cheap Iranian guidance kits to build anti-ship missiles that are posing a deadly threat to commercial vessels in the Red Sea. Iran itself has shown how an assortment of long-range strike drones and ballistic missiles can have a geopolitical effect that far outweighs their cost. Even if the kit needed to overcome anti-drone jamming greatly raises the cost of the weapons, as some predict, they will still count as transformationally cheap.

The reason goes back to consumer electronics, which propel innovation at a blistering pace as capabilities accumulate in every product cycle. That poses problems of ethics as well as obsolescence. There will not always be time to subject novel weapons to the testing that Western countries aim for in peacetime and that is required by the Geneva Conventions.

Innovation also leads to the last trend, autonomy. Today, fpv drone use is limited by the supply of skilled pilots and by the effects of jamming, which can sever the connection between a drone and its operator. To overcome these problems, Russia and Ukraine are experimenting with autonomous navigation and target recognition. Artificial intelligence has been available in consumer drones for years and is improving rapidly.

A degree of autonomy has existed on high-end munitions for years and on cruise missiles for decades. The novelty is that cheap microchips and software will let intelligence sit inside millions of low-end munitions that are saturating the battlefield. The side that masters autonomy at scale in Ukraine first could enjoy a temporary but decisive advantage in firepower—a necessary condition for any breakthrough.

Western countries have been slow to absorb these lessons. Simple and cheap weapons will not replace big, high-end platforms, but they will complement them. The Pentagon is belatedly embarking on Replicator, an initiative to build thousands of low-cost drones and munitions able to take on China’s enormous forces. Europe is even further behind. Its ministers and generals increasingly believe that they could face another major European war by the end of the decade. If so, investment in low-end drones needs to grow urgently. Moreover, ubiquitous drones will require ubiquitous defences—not just on battlefields but also in cities at peace.

Kalashnikovs In The Skies

Intelligent drones will also raise questions about how armies wage war and whether humans can control the battlefield. As drones multiply, self-co-ordinating swarms will become possible. Humans will struggle to monitor and understand their engagements, let alone authorise them.

America and its allies must prepare for a world in which rapidly improving military capabilities spread more quickly and more widely. As the skies over Ukraine fill with expendable weapons that marry precision and firepower, they serve as a warning. Mass-produced hunter-killer aircraft are already reshaping the balance between humans and technology in war. ■

— This Article Appeared in the Leaders Section of the Print Edition Under the Headline "Killer Drones"

[captain-price-unofficially]

A Ukrainian FPV drone attacks a Russian Saphir EWS hidden between civilian houses. This system should be able to suppress all types of drones, including FPV drones.

[renegade-hierophant]

Soldier of the Special Operations Forces - SOF (Сили Спеціальних Операцій - ССО) of Ukraine with an electronic warfare system for controlling FPV (first person view) drones.

This is not cosplay. This is from the front lines of an actual war happening right now in Europe.

[cognitivejustice]

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[dontforgetukraine]

Combat medic Rebekah Maciorowski, who is featured in the Ukraine Donation Guide Master Post, explains the importance of anti-drone jamming systems. This is especially true for those that evacuate the wounded. 1 Team 1 Fight (now featured in the guide) is also collecting donations in support of Rebekah's team. You can donate to either one to help them get the EW systems they need so they can prevent scenarios like this... The video in the link shows a Russian FPV drone hitting a Ukrainian armored vehicle. The crew quickly evacuated in an emergency landing in the Kursk region. There is no gore.

I would try to put it in the post again but Tumblr's spam filter aggressively nuked me for a bit.

[demiurgeua]

Воїни ЗСУ ефектно знищили важку вогнеметну систему ТОС-1А «Солнцепьок» рашистських загарбників

Воїни Збройних Сил України за допомогою дронів ефектно знищили важку вогнеметну систему ТОС-1А «Солнцепьок» рашистських загарбників. _________ With help of drones, warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spectacularly destroyed the TOS-1A «Solntsepyok» Heavy Flamethrower System of the russian nazis. Величезний вогняний “гриб”: FPV-дрон ЗСУ ефектно знищив ворожий “Солнцепек” під Вугледаром…

[athena5898]

Axis of Resistance Summary: September 1, 2024 Al-Aqsa Flood's Harvest of Good Tidings

📍TAL AL-SULTAN, WEST RAFAH Al-Qassam + Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades 🔻Targeted military bulldozer with tandem shell near Al-Quds Open University

📍EAST-CENTRAL GAZA Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades 🔻Targeted soldiers in Abu Mutibaq military site with 122mm Asif rocket, using the Nasr system, simultaneously pounding site with mortars: direct casualties, smoke bomb evacuation

📍AL-ZEITOUN, EAST GAZA CITY Al-Aqsa Martyrs + Mujahideen Brigades 🔻Targeted soldiers on advancement axis with 60mm mortars 🔻Bombed enemy forces with standard mortars

📍”NETZARIM” AXIS, GAZA CITY Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades 🔻Struck enemy concentrations & vehicles with 2 107mm rockets + heavy-caliber mortars 🔻Targeted soldiers with 107mm rocket

Mujahideen Brigades 🔻Targeted enemy gathering with Hasab 111 rocket

📍HEBRON, WEST BANK Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades 🔻Targeted zionist police vehicle at Tarqumiah checkpoint west of Al-Khalil: killed 3 police + the fighter, Muhannad Mohammed Al-Asoud, successfully withdrew before being ID’d, later ascendeding to martyrdom after hours of siege & resistance 🔻Fierce clashes in Al-Khalil (Hebron)

📍TUBAS, WEST BANK Saraya Al-Quds Brigades 🔻Targeted soldiers & vehicles with 5 IED attacks

📍TULKARM, WEST BANK Saraya Al-Quds Brigades 🔻Detonated 6 IEDs on soldiers & vehicles: severe injuries 🔻Ambushed infantry force 🔻Sniped soldier during clashes

📍JENIN, WEST BANK Al-Qassam Brigades 🔻Ambushed dismounted force advancing towards house holding resistance fighters were insidet detonating explosive device + clashing with weapons in Damaj neighborhood, Jenin refugee camp: dead & wounded

Saraya Al-Quds Brigades 🔻Detonated more than 15 IEDs on vehicles & soldiers: severe injuries, dead & wounded 🔻Caught soldiers in 3 elaborate ambushes, including a compound, pre-prepared to counter enemy incursions

Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades 🔻Fierce clashes

Al-Asifah Forces 🔻Fierce clashes

📍NABLUS, WEST BANK Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades 🔻Fierce clashes + IEDs

📍 NORTHERN OCCUPIED INTERIOR Hezbollah 🔻Directly hit building of soldiers in “Manara” settlement 🔻Directly hit buildings of soldiers in “Shtula” settlement with rockets 🔻Targeted army patrol near“Kfar Yuval” checkpoint: confirmed hits 🔻Directly hit the Galilee Division’s 8200 Intelligence Battalion deployment at “Metat” barracks with rocket salvos

📍BORDERLANDS Hezbollah 🔻Targeted soldiers deployed around Al-Marj site with rockets 🔻Directly hit surveillance equipment at Hadab Yaroun site with FPV attack drone: destroyed 🔻Directly hit Jal Al-Alam site with artillery 🔻Directly hit “Ramia” site with artillery

📍OCCUPIED LEBANESE KFAR SHUBA HILLS Hezbollah 🔻Directly hit surveillance equipment at Ruwaisat Al-Alam site: destroyed 🔻Directly hit Samaqa site with rockets

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🇷🇺🇺🇦🚨 OVERNIGHT UPDATE ON THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR DAY 618

In the Kherson direction:

A Russian recognizance unit inside Krynky was destroyed as a result of Ukrainian ambush and shelling, destroying roughly 10 soldiers as they exited the village on its southwestern outskirts.

Russian Forces were heavily shelling the Krynky area using TOS Flamethrower systems.

On the second Ukrainian foothold south of Prydniprovske, Russian Forces were bombing and shelling the forward Ukrainian positions using FPV Drones in the hope of preventing the development of the foothold in this area.

In the Zaporizhzhia direction:

Ukrainian Forces launched offensive operations to the southeast of Robotyne using armored personnel carriers and judging by the video evidence, were destroyed.

Meanwhile, Russian Forces were heavily bombing Ukrainians positions west of Verbove using FPV drones on the forward positions of Ukrainian Forces in this region, no changes in territory.

Russian Forces launched strikes against the accumulation of Ukrainian ammunition in the fortified positions in the fields southeast of Novodanylivka, resulting in a significant explosion, suggesting an ammunition depot was in fact destroyed. Secondary explosions were recorded.

In the Novomykhailivka area:

Russian Forces continued bombing and shelling Ukrainian positions in the central part of Novomykhailivka using FAB500 bombs. This story has been on repeat all week.

In the Avdiivka direction:

Video evidence suggests Ukrainian Forces have a significantly vast underground network of tunnels in the northern Avdiivka area, not unlike the tunnel network Russian Forces used to destroy Ukrainian positions to the south of the city recently.

In the Bakhmut Direction:

North of Bakhmut, to the west of Yahidne, Russian Forces were heavily using FPV Drones to hammer the forward positions of Ukrainian Forces in the fields following the rail lines where Russian Forces developed their positions here, taking a small strip of territory in recent days.

Keep in mind that with the breakout of conflict in the occupied Palestine area and the difficulty of American authorities to produce ammunition, funding and equipment to continue Ukrainian resistance, ammunition and equipment is severely lacking for Ukrainian Forces, mostly forcing their forces to depend on commercial FPV drones to provide cover for their forces and to defend territory from Russian operations.

The result has been largely standstill for Ukrainian Forces and we only see the development of positions where ammunition has not yet run dry, such as by the footholds in the Kherson direction.

As a result, American authorities are pressuring the Zelensky regime to consider a negotiated settlement or ceasefire, however so far Ukrainian authorities have rejected the suggestion and Russian authorities have made it clear a ceasefire is out of the questions due to a lack of trust by Russian leaders in the intentions of American authorities, believing a ceasefire would just mean the rearming and reconstitution of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

@WorkerSolidarityNews

[mokhosz-nafo]

Operator from the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine with an electronic warfare system for the controlling of FPV drones

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DJI Goggles Specifications

DJI Goggles Specifications: In-Depth Features & Tech Breakdown

Introduction Released in 2017, DJI Goggles have swiftly become a game-changer in the drone industry. DJI, already renowned for its cutting-edge drone technology, pushed the envelope further with this unique creation. As a marvel of ergonomic design blended with state-of-the-art tech, the goggles have truly redefined the concept of immersive drone flying. Users can now literally see through the…

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🚨🟡🟢 Hezbollah:

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Scenes of the Islamic Resistance's operation targeting an anti-drone system at the Al-Abad site of the "israeli" enemy army on the southern Lebanese border, using an attack drone.

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Notes:

0:10 - UNIFIL headquarters; Al-Abad site [left to right]

0:18 - The drone heading towards the target.

0:27 - The drone diving towards the target.

0:29 - Drone Dome RPS - Radar 42.

This is the second published case of Hezbollah using an FPV drone to target a drone detection system.

https://t.me/AntifascistSolidarity/36937

[captain-price-unofficially]

Hezbollah using an FPV drone for the first time in an operation against an Israeli military base in Metula. The FPV targeted a system specialized for detecting drones. 14 June 2024

[parallelmonarch]

This is my very first post on Tumblr. I wanted to start off my page by introducing you to my fur baby, who has since crossed the rainbow bridge. I wanted to spread awareness about the potential disease that took his life. Note that I am not a veterinarian and the diagnosis was never confirmed.

On September 2nd, 2024, I met Geralt at my uncle’s house while we were drafting for our fantasy football league. I have three cats, a dog, and a turtle. I wasn’t originally going to take this little guy home. However, you see the cute pic of him snuggled up? That’s him on my chest the day we met, he came to me on his own volition. He climbed onto my chest and fell right asleep, in that moment, I knew he was meant to be my baby.

I had Geralt for ten days.

On September 12th, it was a normal morning. He slept with me as usual, he screamed at me for not giving him attention. He was just fine, acting like a kitten. The only thing he had going on was diarrhea, which I treated him for worms, and I figured it might’ve been him adjusting to the new food as well. Other than that, he was a normal kitten. I got up to take a bath around 11 in the morning, and when I returned I couldn’t find him. I asked my partner where he was and he told me he got up and hid in a corner between the wall and my dresser. I found him, laying limp. It wasn’t unusual for him to hide in that corner, but he was face-down. I picked him up, thinking he was just sleeping. He meowed at me, and I gently set him down on the bed, but then I noticed something out of the ordinary. He was paralyzed in his rear legs. I thought maybe it was small, so I called the vet and the told me it wasn’t a life or death situation and they would get back to me to get him in later that day after their staff meeting. Quickly after, he became fully paralyzed, and I called my brother crying because I had no money to help him. So my brother came over and we rushed him to the shelter to see if he was stable enough to go to the hospital the next city over. They said he wouldn’t make the drive and they suggested we take him to the hospital down the road. So we rushed there, where the doctors were all on lunch. I begged them to give him oxygen because at the shelter, his paralysis improved, he was gaining motion again. At the shelter, they tested him for Feline Panleukopenia Virus (FPV), which to put it simply is “parvo” in cats. It affects the nervous system and gastrointestinal lining. He came back negative, but they told me that even if the results were negative there was still a possibility he had it. I gave this info to the vet hospital we took him to. They told us to sit down and wait for the doctor to come back from lunch, so we did. Not very long after, my poor boy opened his mouth wide and started gasping for air. I was already hysterical, but it made me even more when I saw the state he was in. He was actively dying in my arms. The vet tech ran out to grab the vet in the parking lot, where she rushed in and they took him to the back. Moments later, the doctor came back and told me the odds of him living weren’t good. I begged her to do what she could, but she explained to me he was so dehydrated that it was beyond a clinical level. She said she could try to give him IV fluids and corn syrup on his gums to raise his blood sugar, and send us to the hospital in the next city. But, she didn’t think he would make the 45 minute drive. She said the best course of action was to euthanize him because she guessed he had a 1% survival and life-saving efforts would just prolong any potential suffering. I at first refused and told her I wanted to try the fluids and the corn syrup, but she brought me back to reality that even trying those, he wasn’t going to survive. I made the selfless decision and gave them permission to put him to sleep without any tests ran, without any effort. When I said my goodbyes, he was dying in front of me, he was barely conscious. I was screaming and crying, apologizing to him, and telling the vet tech I didn’t do this to him, I got him that way. I was irrational and confused and didn’t know what to do. My brother tried comforting me and saying it wasn’t my fault. They guessed he was born with FPV because his mother wasn’t vaccinated, so he contracted it through utero.

At 1:18 pm, my beautiful boy crossed over the rainbow bridge. I kissed his face and scratched his ears, while he peacefully ran into my late Nana’s arms in the afterlife. My brother said in his last moments, he used all the strength he had left in him to lean into me when I gave him kisses and all the lovin’s he could ask for. He died loved that day, but he also took a piece of my heart and soul with him.

We took him home to my mom’s garden where I tucked him in the ground after cradling him, cherishing my last moments with his physical body.He was tucked in my favorite shirt, just like I would with our blue blanket every night so that he would have me with him for eternity.

Since then, I have been broken to pieces and trying to find answers of what caused him to abruptly be sick. I’ve researched and researched and it was no comfort. I just want closure.

I miss my baby boy, and people think it’s weird I’m grieving a pet like I would a human, but Geralt was special in some way I can’t put my finger on.

As much as this pains me, this post is intended to remember my sweet boy. I also intend to spread awareness on why it is important to vaccinate your pets. I will never know for certain what he was sick with, it could have been completely different than what the vets thought. But please vaccinate your pets and seek medical treatment for them if they have persistent diarrhea and it’s the only symptom. His dehydration was a contributing factor despite how much water he drank. Diarrhea may seem like a small fix or make you assume worms like me. If I had sought out veterinary advise as soon as I took my boy home, I believe he would still be with me today.

Please research feline panleukopenia virus. With Geralt, he didn’t present symptoms of whatever his illness was until it was too late. Always get your babies tested and vaccinated because if you don’t think something like this can happen to you, your chances are greater than there is with vaccinated pets.

To my Geralt, I know you lived a short life and I like to think you picked me to live your last days full of love and comfort. I’m sorry couldn’t do more to save you, I will forever regret the things I never got to do for you. I will always wonder what life would be like if you stayed with me. But I know wherever you are, Nana is taking good care of you and I know you’re by my side in spirit. I miss you so much, my beautiful boy. I love you and I can’t wait until we meet again, for now I will live with you in my heart and I know you’ll be waiting on the other side of the rainbow bridge for me. ❤️🌈🐾