How Wild Hornet interceptor drones shoot down Shaheds – and what Yaroslav Azhnyuk’s Odd Systems has to do with it

Yesterday, the Sternenko Community Charitable Foundation published a post about Shahedoriz, a project that grew out of strategic cooperation between the foundation and Wild Hornets (manufacturer of Sting interceptor drones). The community reports that it is already supplying Sting drones to 62 units hunting for ‘Shahed’ drones. ‘We have almost 1,000 targets shot down — each one verified,’ the post says.

The publication features a video showcasing, maybe for the first time publicly, the successful operation of Ukrainian interceptor drones against Shahed drones. This was noted by Yaroslav Azhnyuk, co-founder of defence start-ups Odd Systems and The Fourth Law. ‘It seems that the General Staff has partially lifted the publication ban — enjoy,’ he writes.

Azhnyuk also reported that many Sting interceptors are equipped with thermal imaging cameras from his company, Odd Systems. ‘Sting from “Wild Hornets” is one of the most successful Shahed interceptors in the world,’ he writes. ‘We are happy to be their partners. Now almost all Stings fly with Kurbas.’

In the summer, Defender Media reported that Odd Systems and Denmark’s Terma Group would jointly develop an inexpensive AI-based drone interceptor.