Ukraine’s new LITAVR interceptor flies at 350 km/h to hunt Shaheds
Our engineers just built a flying Cossack drum that chases down flying Iranian mopeds at breakneck speed, and it barely even needs Chinese parts anymore.
Developers from F-Drones have rolled out a beast of an interceptor called LITAVR. It clocks in at a wild 350 km/h. That is fast enough to comfortably run circles around any standard Shahed. But the real magic is in its brain.
It has auto-homing with a 'Pixel Lock' system. The pilot only needs to get the drone close to the target, and then the onboard tech takes over completely, guiding it straight in for the kill. No more sweaty palms trying to manually steer a high-speed collision in the dark.
The company also ditched flimsy 3D printing and now molds the drone bodies from durable plastic. Even better, they write their own software, build their own flight controllers, and manufacture their own motors to aggressively phase out Chinese components. The interceptor uses non-GPS navigation, can be operated from hundreds of kilometers away, and safely flies back home if no target is found.
Let that sink in: a defense startup is giving free over-the-air upgrades to lethal hardware already deployed in the field, just like a Tesla software update.
Source: Ministry of Defense
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