January 14, 2026January 14, 2026 1 min reading Ecosystem Ukrainian CHUMA fibre-optic drones debut on Brave1 Market — carry up to 4 kg The drones use in‑house produced spools with ranges of 20 and 25 km
December 29, 2025December 29, 2025 1 min reading Ecosystem The Ministry of Defence has codified General Cherry OPTIX fibre-optic FPV drones with 15–35 km coils Drones of this type are already in use with more than 20 combat units, where they demonstrate an 82% successful strike rate
December 25, 2025December 25, 2025 1 min reading Innovation, Startups Skelia Systems and KB Megatech unveiled fibre-optic UGV “Bambetel” The drone is controlled via fibre-optic cable, with radio used as a fallback
December 1, 2025December 8, 2025 2 min reading Startups Ptashka Drones is testing the first Ukrainian 18-inch fibre-optic drone Drone can carry 50 km of fibre optic cable and is currently undergoing internal tests
October 20, 2025December 8, 2025 2 min reading Startups, State Ptashka Drones has codified a line of five fibre-optic drones Five 13-inch drones equipped with fibre-optic reels for 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 km ranges have been codified
October 13, 2025December 8, 2025 3 min reading Dorozvidka Dorozvidka #29: Swarmer, fibre-optic drones on USVs, Cyber Forces of Ukraine, Yaroslav Sherstiuk, Neptune x Flamingo An overview of standout articles and reports from other media outlets over the last week
August 25, 2025December 11, 2025 5 min reading Dorozvidka Dorozvidka #22: “Long Neptune”, mesh connection from HIMERA, and once again about Flamingo missile A look at the most notable developments and publications in Ukrainian defence technology over the past week
August 6, 2025December 7, 2025 2 min reading Ecosystem, State Ukrainian government adds drone components to 15% compensation programme for domestic tech The compensation applies to products with at least 40% local production
