Loitering ammunition " New evidence suggests this kamikaze drone is equipped with a US-made AI computing module.

Forbes writes about this, recalling that Russian military equipment performed poorly in this war.. Russian tanks explode catastrophically when hit, missiles often fail to fire properly, Russian air defenses have become the butt of ridicule, and a flagship cruiser has been sunk by Ukrainian forces that don't even have a navy.. Russian Air Force stay away from the battlefield throughout the war. One Russian weapon, however, performed dangerously well.. These are Lancet-3M kamikaze drones that hit Ukrainian artillery from long distances.. But it seems that this success may be due to components imported from the US.

Russian troops frequently post videos of Lancet attacks on social media. Although some targets are not destroyed, the accuracy of the system is undeniable..

The latest version of the " Manufacturers claim a flight range of up to 40 kilometers.

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The developers also claim that the Lancet has an autonomous mode in which it flies to a given location and then visually searches for targets using an object recognition algorithm.. In this mode, it does not need to communicate with the operator and is immune to interference..

Oryx Independent Analysts Monitor Video Recordings of Lancet Attacks. They are often used to destroy artillery. Oryx recorded 43 strikes against artillery mounts, including 155-mm howitzers that the United States transferred to Ukraine, as well as other important targets on the front line, including 7 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11 radars and 2 command posts. This is in addition to 11 tanks and 9 other armored vehicles.. The closest Ukrainian equivalent is probably the American Phoenix Ghost drone, about which little is known, although hundreds of units are already deployed on the battlefield..

Last week, Roman Kashchuk, a Ukrainian sniper training instructor, posted on social media an image of a wrecked Lancet-3 with the caption: “Something tonight for pathologists. This is a downed Lancet"

“Images show what looks like a US-made NVIDIA Jetson TX2 single board computer and a Xilinx XLNX Zynq chip (Xilinx Adaptive is owned by AMD). Such conclusions are not verifiable, but seem plausible,” writes Forbes..

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“It is not surprising that this particular Russian drone has imported components, given that NVIDIA is the world leader. The diverse Russian procurement and supply channels were also well-documented last year and this year, and NVIDIA has been a presence in the Russian high-tech ecosystem for many years,” said Samuel Bendett, Russian drone expert and adviser to CNA and CNAS.

Jetson TX2 is a credit card-sized device that developers call " The processor belongs to a new generation of devices designed to bring advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies to mobile devices such as home drones..

For example, most drones require the operator to control them and point the camera at the desired object.. But newer consumer drones like the NVIDIA Jetson 2-powered Skydio 2 fly themselves—you just launch the drone and tell it to follow you as you ski, skateboard, or bike.. It automatically avoids interference and keeps you in the frame.

According to Zach Cullenborn of the CSIS Strategic Technology Program, the exact role of the AI \u200b\u200bchip aboard the Lancet is still unclear.. It assumes that the chip can highlight objects of interest to the operator, i.e. possible targets. Or it could be an improvement in the guidance system.

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“For example, the Lancet could use artificial intelligence algorithms to help track a target and ensure it is on the right course to destroy it,” Cullenborn said..

The third version is that TX2 is the brain center of autonomous mode and allows the " Russia's use of the Jetson TX2 on the front lines should be a testament to how powerful commercial AI hardware has become. Meanwhile, NVIDIA continues to release even more powerful modules such as the Jetson Orin. This module is capable of 275 trillion operations per second compared to 1.3 trillion for TX2. Forbes suggests a potentially newer development could be available to Ukrainian drone makers.