In June 2025, the Ukrainian air defense was captured by the Sumi region a Russian drone, which at first glance seemed to be an average Shahed-136 drone. In closer, however, the platform turned out to be much more advanced than: the Russian MS001 is an autonomous, unmanned aircraft that carries the mission with artificial intelligence, using a stronger navigation system and selected targets in time.
Ukrainian Major Vladislav Klocskov on Linkedin wrote that the appearance of the drone is a milestone in modern warfare, as the device no longer carries coordinates, but thinks and selects its target.
The Interesting Engineering He writes that MS001 works without commands. It is capable of this because its system is operated by the palm-shaped artificial intelligence module of 67 trillion per second by the NVIDIA Jetson Orin supercomputer. This enables you to be able to take heat camera recordings in real time, recognize objects, analyze telemetry and process the on -board logical data.
This calculation advantage allows MS001 to detect, rank and select targets independently, even in the case of GPS disturbance or electronic warfare.
The MS001 is designed to fly in coordinated drones, dynamically modifying flight routes, sharing data with other units, and compensating for the loss of other drones.
According to Klocskov, no such drones are prepared for any air defense.
However, it is also interesting how the NVIDIA’s tool could get into the drone. In 2022, the United States imposed a sanction to Russia, which banned exports of advanced chips. At the same time, in 2023, more than $ 17 million in NVIDIA parts reached the Russians through the gray market.
Smugglers disguise chips as everyday use, dismantle the assets into elements and bring them through countries to Russians that do not sanction the Russian economy. Such is China and Turkey.
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