Solutions to win: Ukrainian platoon sergeant and IT team develop FPV drone dispatch system
Illustrative photo: heroesukraine.org
The senior sergeant of the platoon of the Company of Strike Unmanned Aviation Complexes of the 112th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of Kyiv, actor-director, musician, inventor Maksym "Eney" Bilyi has leveraged his over 10 years of IT experience to develop innovative solutions for Ukraine's armed forces. Together with his IT friends, he created a dispatching system for FPV drones called LEVITATION.
The inventor spoke about his developments in an interview with the Kyiv TV channel.
What is the solution?
Maksym joined Ukraine's armed forces at the start of the full-scale invasion, though he had already signed up for the Territorial Defense Forces in anticipation of the war's inevitability. Alongside his comrades, he began combat operations from day one, despite their lack of prior military service experience.
Before the war, Maksym was a theater artist with a background in acting and directing. He also played guitar, sang, and wrote songs. He transferred his creative skills to programming, viewing it as a new avenue for self-expression. Today, he channels his creative potential into developing innovations that assist the military and support combat missions on the front lines.
According to the military, he is the creator of the LEVITATION FPV drone dispatching system, which is currently used by over 2,000 military personnel on the front lines, and this number continues to grow.
How does it work?
The platform helps coordinate the movement of drones, which is especially important in areas of the front line where several units operate simultaneously, preventing such problems as:
- intersection of routes,
- radioelectronic interference,
- collision.
The development appeared thanks to his ten-year experience in the IT field and the involvement of colleagues, and the first tests confirmed its effectiveness. Maksym develops technologies directly during the performance of combat missions.
The soldier also created several prototypes of an automated turret while serving in the infantry, which allows firing at a distance, saving the lives of service members.
The turret was presented at the military hackathon of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, where it took third place.
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It should be noted that the tech startup "Antidrone Ukraine" has introduced a new portable electronic warfare (EW) system for Ukraine's Defense Forces. This compact and lightweight device weighs just 10 kilograms (excluding the battery) and can operate autonomously for 2 to 5 hours.
Earlier it was reported that Chernihiv schoolchildren created a device for detecting drones, which will help on the front line. The inventors plan to make the device more durable and improve it based on feedback from the military to ensure reliability and effectiveness in combat conditions.
