Russia's Interceptor Drone, Nova-Labs Tests
3,166The Russian company Nova-Labs has published footage of a quadcopter test designed to intercept drones. The interceptor drone is equipped with machine vision and is capable of independently recognizing and targeting a target. In the video, the drone deliberately misses the target - the drone has a specified divergence distance, this is done to avoid wasting a large number of drones. Drones are intercepted kinetically, when colliding with a target, the interceptor drone retains the integrity of its structure and can be used further. According to the developers from Nova-Labs, there are currently two ways to launch a drone interceptor. This is a start from a manual launcher and a start from a tripod. The price, flight time and other characteristics are not reported.