Zhytomyr Drone Platform Offers Every Ukrainian Chance to Learn FPV Drone Assembly

4 January, 2024 Illustration photo of FPV drone. Photo from open sources Every Ukrainian has the opportunity to learn to assemble FPV drones through the Zhytomyr Drone platform.

Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, explained the steps. To start training, citizens need to log in to the platform using the Diia.Signature function in the Diia application. Each user will receive a call sign to protect their personal data.

Launched by the Zhytomyr City Council, the platform offers online training, allowing users to select the drone they wish to assemble and submit it for testing. Successful testing results in the drone being deployed to the front, providing the assembler with the opportunity to witness how the assembled FPV drone performs in hitting the target.

Illustration photo of FPV drone. Photo from open sources

Individuals have the option to contribute to drone fundraising or become suppliers of spare parts for drones right on the platform.

This means that engineers can order drone components from interested individuals to support their drone-building endeavors. This platform, a pioneering initiative in Ukraine, not only conducts testing and facilitates logistics for delivering drones to the front line but also offers partial compensation for the drone's cost. Additionally, the initiative is open for other communities and cities to join the project, enabling them to offer partial compensation to their residents for the assembled FPV drones.

At the end of December, Militarnyi reported that 10,000 FPV kamikaze drones, acquired through the collaborative efforts of the Come Back Alive Foundation, United24, and Monobank under the Operation Unity project, have already been provided to Ukrainian defenders.

5000 FPV drones received by the Come Back Alive Foundation as part of the Operation Unity project, December 2023. Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation

Those are, in particular, units of the Marine Corps, Ground and Air Assault Forces, Special Operations Forces and Defense Forces, National Guard Hartia and Azov brigades, units of the National Police, as well as soldiers of the Central Security Service "A" of the Security Service of Ukraine. The Come Back Alive Foundation received the initial batch of five thousand kamikaze drones from a foreign manufacturer in October.

The transfer of these drones to the military commenced soon after.

The second batch, also with 5,000 FPV drones, received a fund of competent assistance from the army in early December.