Companies from the USA and Ukraine have created a drone with a range of 1,600 km using AI

Companies from the US and Ukraine have created an unmanned aerial vehicle with a flight range of 1,600 kilometers using artificial intelligence (AI), which will be produced in Ukraine, the United States and Germany, the Ukrainian military portal Defense Express reported on Thursday.

Drone software manufacturer Auterion in the US announced the successful completion of the Artemis project, the aim of which was to create a long-range kamikaze drone “Deepstrike” Artemis ALM-20 with a flight range of 1,600 kilometers, a warhead weight of 45 kilograms and visual guidance using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.

According to Defense Express, the drone was created in cooperation with a Ukrainian company whose name was not provided for security reasons. It has already undergone full testing, which, according to the company's statement, “included ground launch, GPS and non-GPS navigation, long-range transit and ground operation.”

A characteristic feature of Artemis is the navigation and guidance system based on the Skynode N on-board computer from Auterion. “It enables the drone to guide and destroy targets even in the event of satellite navigation failure and ensures the highest accuracy at the final stage of the flight,” the website wrote.

“Auterion, together with the U.S. Department of Defense and other partners, is moving into a scale-up phase with the goal of joint production at scale,” the company said. Production lines are built in Ukraine, the United States and Germany. (PAP)

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