As tensions rise in Ukraine with Russian troops arriving at the border in increasing numbers, a small army of amateur engineers is monitoring events using homemade drones equipped with sensors and old Soviet missiles
Technology
11 February 2022
Members of the Aerorozvidka organisation use custom-built drones to monitor the Ukrainian border Aerorozvidka
Students, academics and electronics hobbyists are using homemade drones and motion-sensing cameras to patrol the Ukrainian border for signs of Russian military build-up and aggression. They say they have also struck at Russian targets with adapted Soviet missiles. The intelligence this group gathers is fed into a custom software package that it helped develop for the country’s military.
Aerorozvidka is an non-governmental organisation staffed by dozens of software and hardware engineers. Hundreds more people lend their support …