Core advantages of UAV

As a new type of equipment emerging in modern wars, fiber-optic guided FPV UAV combines advanced fiber-optic communication technology and UAV control technology, showing unique advantages in the military field. Optical fiber, as a medium, can realize the efficient transmission of video signals and control instructions, has the characteristics of ultra-large bandwidth, can carry massive data, and ensure that the UAV can transmit high-definition and smooth video images back to the ground control station in real time during flight. Compared with the traditional communication mode, its transmission rate is greatly improved, which provides operators with extremely clear and stable real-time images, as if they were there. On the battlefield of Russia and Ukraine, the advantages of fiber-guided FPV UAV have been fully verified. In the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the electronic warfare confrontation between the two sides is extremely fierce, and the electromagnetic environment of the whole battlefield is extremely complicated. In this environment, the signal of traditional UAV based on wireless communication is frequently disturbed, and it is difficult to perform its task effectively. The fiber-guided FPV UAV stands out with its unique communication advantages. Vandal's new FPV UAV, which was put into use in Russia in 2024, played an important role in the battlefield. In the Kursk region, the Russian army used this type of drone to focus on attacking key facilities such as the ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army. Due to the stability of optical fiber guidance, the UAV can accurately locate the target in a complex electromagnetic environment, and send the high-definition images back to the rear controllers in real time. Based on this, the controllers accurately control the ammunition carried by the UAV, effectively attacking the ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army, greatly weakening the combat capability of the Ukrainian army. Ukraine also has similar fiber-guided FPV drones put into the battlefield. Both sides make full use of the anti-jamming characteristics of this kind of UAV to carry out reconnaissance and attack tasks in complex electromagnetic environment. The Ukrainian army used drones to go deep into the Russian-controlled area for reconnaissance, and sent back the obtained information in real time, which provided an important basis for its own operational decision-making. During the attack, the fiber-guided FPV UAV of the Ukrainian army also posed a certain threat to some frontier positions and supply lines of the Russian army. At present, there are many typical fiber-guided FPV UAV system representatives. Vandal of Russia "Prince Vandal of Novgorod" is one of them. Its maximum take-off weight is 3kg, the length of optical fiber is 16km, and the flying distance can reach 15km.