"Ukrainian naval drones equipped with the turret, called the Predator, helped Kyiv take down two Russian helicopters and a fighter jet over the Black Sea in the past year, the CEO of UGV Robotics told Business Insider in an interview. The Predator gun system has since been tested against the kind of first-person-view (FPV) drones menacing the battlefield and will soon be deployed to the front lines, where small drones continue to be a headache for vehicle crews and dismounted infantry alike."
"Early in the war, Ukraine's military intelligence agency, known as the GUR, deployed naval drones in the Black Sea to help Kyiv counter the threatening presence of Russian warships. After a string of successful Ukrainian naval drone attacks on Russia's Black Sea Fleet, Moscow responded by increasing air patrols with helicopters and fighter jets. The GUR's "Magura" naval drones are loaded up with explosives and ram into their targets and detonate, but these vessels long lacked sufficient protection from above."
An automated machine-gun turret named Predator, built by a Ukrainian arms maker, was mounted on naval Magura drones to detect and engage Russian aircraft over the Black Sea. Predator-assisted naval drones contributed to downing two Russian helicopters and a fighter jet. The system has been tested against fast, low-flying first-person-view (FPV) attack drones and is slated for frontline deployment to protect vehicles and dismounted infantry from explosive small drones. Ukraine's GUR sought an aerial-protection solution after naval suicide drones lacked overhead defense. The Predator first saw combat use in December 2024 in a target-acquisition role.
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