AI-navigated drone developed by Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade and defence cluster member

Published on August 13, 2025

A unique AI-powered drone capable of striking enemy forces at a distance of 50+ km has been developed by Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade and a member of Brave1, a Ukrainian defence-tech cluster.

Source: Mykhailo Fedorov, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Quote: "Ukrainian defence innovations are often born directly on the battlefield, from the ideas of military engineers and developers. This is what happened with the Dophin Spider. The history of this development began in the R&D laboratories of the 3rd Assault Brigade."

Details: Fedorov explained that Dophin is the gaming nickname of a fallen brother-in-arms of the developers. The drone was created in his honour. Engineers from the 3rd Assault Brigade, working alongside Omnitech, developed the drone, while Brave1 contributed to codifying it for military deployment.

"It surpasses foreign counterparts in key indicators and autonomously fixes itself on the ground using artificial intelligence algorithms," said the first deputy prime minister.

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