Ukrainian defense company Vyriy Drone has created its first ground-based robotic complex, Dzhankoi. It will be equipped with Starlink communication and can carry up to six fiber-optic FPV drones for ambush operations.
Ukrainian defense company Vyriy Drone has created its first ground-based robotic complex, Dzhankoi. It will be equipped with Starlink communication and can carry up to six fiber-optic FPV drones for ambush operations.
The presentation of the Dzhankoi NRC took place at the Defense Tech Valley 2025 exhibition, reports «Military», which spoke with the CEO of Vyriy, Oleksiy Babenko.
«The NRC is a means without which it is impossible to win a war. Economically, it is the most impractical project. From the point of view of our knowledge, the technologies that we have, and so on. But winning a war without the NRC is, well, impossible at all,» says Babenko.
He explained that in modern warfare, infantry has to exert extraordinary effort to complete tasks. Therefore, without the NRC, the front can «fall apart».
The Dzhankoi drone will have Starlink satellite communications and the ExpressLRS remote control system for long-range control. The RCU will also have artificial intelligence that allows Dzhankoi to avoid obstacles and increase its progress towards the target.
Dzhankoi will primarily be used for logistics and evacuation of the wounded, but Vyriy also plans to create a version of the «NRK-PTRK» that will house up to six fiber-optic drones. Such a Dzhankoi will wait for a target to appear and engage it with FPV drones. The company is also exploring the possibility of installing a combat turret.
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Recall that Vyriy Drone also showed the new Sokil UAV — an inexpensive tactical-range reconnaissance drone designed to cover daily reconnaissance along the contact line and free up more expensive complexes for deep missions. The product is estimated at $3,000–5,000, depending on the configuration.
