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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Ukrainian company Skyeton to manufacture Raybird drones in EU
Skyeton, a Ukrainian manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems, has demonstrated the production of Raybird drones in the European Union. Source: Defender media Details: The company's press release states that the drones are already being delivered to customers in partner countries. Production is organised at a plant in Slovakia owned by the Tropozond company, which is part of the Skyeton Group. The company conducted a short video tour of its new production facilities, demonstrating the process of creating drones. Skyeton is known for its unmanned aerial systems (UAS), in particular the Raybird-3 system, which is one of its key developments. Raybird-3 is a modern unmanned system designed for reconnaissance missions and search and rescue operations. It has two modifications: civilian and military ACS-3. The military version is equipped with protection against electronic warfare and is capable of flying in automatic mode. The drone can stay in the air for over 24 hours, covering 2,000 km, and the operator can control it from a distance of up to 240 km. Background: Recently, the company announced a strategic partnership with Danish company Quadsat, which specialises in radio frequency research. Together, they will develop an aviation radio-electronic reconnaissance complex based on a special Danish-made QS RF Locator suspension module and the Ukrainian ACS-3 Raybird UAV. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
BBC News
26-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
At secret test-flight facility, Ukraine's drone makers fear Russia ceasefire won't hold
At a secret location away from prying eyes, Ukrainian engineers test a long-range drone called Raybird. The machine, which looks like a mini plane with wings, is placed on a launchpad, stretched like an arrow on a crossbow and then shot into the can fly non-stop for more than 20 hours and cover a distance of more than 1,000km (620 miles). It carries out missions to destroy targets both on the frontline and deep inside their targets are oil refineries and fuel depots. But after Russia and Ukraine reached separate agreements with the US on a partial ceasefire, missions like these should well as agreeing to a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea following talks this week in Saudi Arabia, the two countries committed to stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure – something that had theoretically already been President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would implement these agreements immediately. However, Oleksiy from Skyeton, the company that develops the Raybird, doubts that Moscow would adhere to the ceasefire."[Russians punch you in the face, then the next day they make an agreement but ask to tie up your hands. So the possibility that they will continue fighting remains," explains this deal will also bring relief to estimated that this year alone, Ukraine carried out more than 30 attacks on Russia's oil infrastructure using drones and other weapons. They've recently hit some of the country's largest oil facilities, like the Ufa oil refinery about 1,500km (932 miles) from the front line and Tuapse plant in Krasnodar oil refining capacity has dropped by about 10% as a result of drone attacks, according to Moscow's recent decision to extend the ban on petroleum exports shows that they're feeling the arsenal to carry out deep strikes is only growing. President Zelensky recently announced that Ukrainian engineers have designed a drone that has a range of 3,000 km (1,860 miles). That means it could reach not only Moscow, but even locations in Siberia. Kyiv also claims that it has developed turbojet powered "missile-drones". They fly at a much higher speed and so are harder to said Ukraine has successfully tested its first domestically made ballistic weapon and upgraded its cruise missile Neptune to hit ground as well naval targets. This missile was reportedly used to attack the Russian air base in the southern city of Engels last week, although Ukrainian officials neither confirm nor deny these energy ceasefire deal is certainly good news for Ukraine too. Russia has been relentlessly targeting its power plants and stations across the country. At one point last year, Ukraine's energy generation capacity dropped to a third of its pre-war month, when temperatures dropped below zero, Russian drones hit a thermal power plant in Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine. A few days later, another massive aerial attack left more than 250,000 residents of Odesa without power and lately, there has been a growing number of attacks on Ukraine's gas infrastructure. Among regular targets are underground gas storage facilities in western Ukraine and production facilities in the central and eastern parts of the country. Moscow's aim is to reduce gas production in Ukraine, which is key to the country's energy security, says Artem Petrenko, executive director of the Association of Gas Producers of the end of March, Gas storage facilities in Ukraine were only around 4% full, according to one monitoring if Russia continues its strikes, filling up those storage facilities will be extremely challenging, potentially leading to massive problems next at the testing ground, after several laps, the Raybird opens its parachutes and successfully lands in the field. Oleksiy is satisfied with the results. He says that although it's good to have a ceasefire, they still cannot afford to pause their work and the development of new weapons."Our enemy just wants to have a break, gather its strength and attack again," he says. "We must be ready for that."
