Warfare is often one of the privileged fields of technological advances. This is what we should see in the coming years, with the arrival of drones controlled by AI created by the start-up Destinus.
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict which broke out in February 2022 revealed the major importance of drones for tomorrow’s wars. A tool that allows you to observe all the movements of an army, but also to launch bombs precisely in the most remote places. Devices which are currently controlled remotely by soldiers, but which could well in the future benefit from advances in artificial intelligence to act autonomously. And this is what the start-up Destinus is working on.
The Hornet, the drone that can attack other drones
Mikhail Kokorich is a Russian who has been living in the West since 2012, and who, with his Swiss-based start-up Destinus, is developing drones intended… for the Ukrainian army. The one who renounced his Russian nationality in January thus delivers to the Kiev forces “Lord” type drones, piloted by AI, which make it possible to collect information and carry out jamming and electromagnetic interception.
A first step in a much more ambitious path. Destinus wishes to develop autonomous drones which will be able to carry out offensive actions in the future. This will be the case for its Hornet-type drone, which can decide for itself to attack other drones. “ In Ukraine, the targets of the Hornets could be, for example, the slow Shahed drones […] or Russian reconnaissance drones which reveal, for example, the location of Ukrainian artillery” explained a company spokesperson to BFM TV.
Destinus G, the unmanned fighter plane
And after drones, Mikhail Kokorich’s company is aiming for another big piece, which is the creation of an autonomous drone that can simply replace a fighter plane on the battlefield. An alternative on which large armies, such as that of the United States, are already working, and which could become a reality within society by the end of the decade.
Called Destinus G, this drone can be used in the riskiest missions, in order to avoid the potential loss of a pilot’s life. It can thus serve as air support for a manned aircraft, or shoot down missiles traveling below the speed of sound. The war of the future?
Source : Capital
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