'The second life of drones': Why thousands of UAVs in Ukraine have stopped working, how a team of…
- Thousands of perfectly functional drones became useless after frequencies were heavily jammed
- Ukrainian workshops now rebuild abandoned drones faster than factories deliver replacements
- ReDrone salvages motors and controllers from wrecked aircraft for battlefield repairs
Thousands of drones sitting in Ukrainian warehouses are not broken, but they cannot fly in the current combat conditions because their components are already obsolete.
The problem stems from the time lag between large government contracts and the rapidly changing electronic warfare environment on the front lines.
When the enemy figures out a drone's operating frequency and starts jamming it, the pilot loses video signal, and the aircraft becomes effectively blind.
A lifeline for obsolete UAVs
ReDrone, a workshop created by the Sternenko Community Foundation, now refurbishes up to 2,000 drones per month (24,000 annually), giving obsolete equipment a second life in active combat.
The state purchases dronesin massive batches of 10,000 to 20,000 units,...
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