Tryhlav homing system developed in Ukraine

14 December, 2024 A Ukrainian FPV drone operator. Source: SKYRIPER Ukrainian company SKYRIPER has developed a universal homing system for drones called Tryhlav.

The Brave1 project team stated the system allows for precise targeting, which significantly increases the number of targets hit. The developers claim that one of their key aspirations was to make the system work right out of the box. Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems have consistently prevented Ukrainian pilots from reaching their targets.

The idea behind Tryhlav was to make the most effective and cheapest possible development that would help pilots reach their targets.

SKYRIPER products.

2024. Source: SKYRIPER

The company reported that they were working to increase the distance at which detection and fixation on the target was possible.

According to them, the current norm is 300 meters, while the SKYRIPER development had already reached 600 meters at the time of applying for the BRAVE1 grant. The developers want to increase it to 1000 meters. "We see a target, we know where it is, we fly to that square, we select that target, and regardless of the current situation, whether it's affected by EW systems or not, whether the pilot has enough skill or not, we hit that target.

This is the main task for which we started this development," the developers explained. The idea behind SKYRIPER was that the Tryhlav system should work out of the box. That is, the pilot should have minimal time to learn how to use it.

However, in order to master the use of the drone guidance system and digital control, the pilot will need a certain number of flights to learn how to aim, "pull the trigger" and control the result.

A Tryhlav homing system. Source: Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

The company noted that they were eager to launch mass production.

SKYRIPER expects that this will happen after the tests that will take place in the coming months. "We will come to the use of artificial intelligence in such developments, to the use of artificial intelligence in drones, strike aircraft, and robotic systems," company representatives commented.

SKYRIPER products.

2024.

Source: SKYRIPER

In November, it became known that Ukraine had been going to receive tens of thousands of Skynode modules that would provide Ukrainian drones with machine vision.