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“The most interesting thing is that a dead bird comes to life and flies.” How a marketing specialist joined a combat unit and now repairs and solders drones in a mobile workshop

“We go through the same procedures as our Ukrainian colleagues.” The head of the Ukrainian-German UAV manufacturer Quantum Systems, which has become one of the defense unicorn startups, about the company’s work

The German drone manufacturer Quantum Systems, one of whose factories was opened in Ukraine, has attracted 160 million euros in investment and has become one of the few European defense startups with unicorn status. The CEO of Quantum Systems in Ukraine did not provide details, but, as Forbes writes, he reports that the company plans to expand its competence centers in Ukraine. As a reminder, we spoke with Oleksandr Berezhny and he told dev.ua about the beginning of the company’s development in Ukraine, as well as the problems and results that were achieved. (material from March 10, 2025)

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"For half a year we worked as partisans in the steppes." The story of a veteran who chose civilian life and entered IT despite a significant number of military offers

41-year-old Viktor, who was born in the Kherson region, is a Junior Front-end Developer, but before entering IT, he served in the military and the armed forces as a drone operator from the beginning of the full-scale invasion, and later became the commander of a strike reconnaissance UAV unit. After demobilization, Viktor returned to studying technology and immersed himself in development as much as possible. According to him, his wife continues to ask if he will break down and leave her with her daughters again, or if he will return to the front. However, despite the significant number of military offers that he continues to receive from commanders of various units and UAV manufacturers, Viktor chooses civilian life and is immersed in JS, TS, React. He told dev.ua about his motivation and experience at different stages of life.

Ukrainians who received deferrals online can now automatically extend them through Reserve+. How does it work and what questions arise?

Russians plan to produce hundreds of Kh-101 missiles by 2025

The UAE is testing a state-of-the-art Jeniah UCAV combat drone with AI integration

The enemy continues to attack Ukraine with strike UAVs of an unknown type. Military analyst Serhiy Flesh shared his observations on what is special about the unknown drone

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The Ministry of Defense launches a beta test of new features in "Reserve+": deferrals, disability, and violation accounting

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"I could not even imagine that I, a simple programmer, would master the Patriot air defense system and shoot down the first "Dagger" in the world." The Defense Forces said that for the first time in the world, a Ukrainian IT specialist shot at a hyperballistic missile

UPD. Kirill Budanov confirmed that the MAGURA naval drone, created by Ukrainian engineers, destroyed two enemy aircraft

Military expert Serhiy Flesh shared his thoughts on how one of the EI segments is changing at the front. What should we pay attention to?

Over 100 datasets from 26 different sources: Ukrainian developers create a platform for prioritization in humanitarian demining

Ukrainian cyber experts have taken down the servers of Russian providers

In April, the Ministry of Defense codified more than 120 new models of weapons and military equipment. Drones and electronic warfare systems are among the leaders

Ukraine is preparing Space Forces: The Armed Forces of Ukraine are looking to the sky

"The saturation of UAVs per square kilometer is incredible." Chief of Staff of the Nemesis Regiment on the development of unmanned aviation at the front

Mobilized iOS developer from Intellias Vyacheslav Bukovsky died while performing a combat mission. He was 36 years old.

Military expert Serhiy Flesh reports that "Sukorok" does not see the updated Russian UAVs "Lancet" and "Zala". What to do?

Using advertising on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, the Ukrainian Defense Forces are recruiting foreigners to their units. What works best for recruiting

"The 'army of drone' won't save the entire front line today." What, according to the commander of the K-2 battalion, Veres, will solve the situation specifically for the front line

EPAM IT volunteers created a platform to help combat medics

"You can sit around all day doing nothing." How flight bans affect private drone schools and can it really partially halt learning

The other day, Igor Lutsenko, a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and co-founder of the Center for Aerial Intelligence Support, stated in his post that large training centers in a number of regions of Ukraine may face a large number of flight bans from the command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine within a week. And because of this, according to him, the training of UAV operators in Ukraine has been partially suspended. dev.ua found out from Ukrainian private drone schools whether the ban on flights affected them, what problems this poses for the institutions themselves and for the training of cadets, and whether there is a recipe that can solve this issue.