The Fourth Law demonstrates the combat use of its TFL-AntiShahed autonomy module on the Talion interceptor

Yaroslav Azhnyuk, co-founder and CEO of defence tech startup The Fourth Law (TFL), has published a video showing the combat use of the TFL-AntiShahed autonomy module. According to the entrepreneur, this is the first public demonstration of the module operating in real combat conditions.

Azhnyuk said the video shows TFL-AntiShahed integrated into a platform made by Talion Fly. The module appears to have been installed on the Talion interceptor drone, whose codification Defender Media reported on last week.

Footage from the interceptor’s camera shows the autonomy module locking onto a section of sky where it is difficult to identify anything with the naked eye. As the interceptor closes in on the target, it becomes clear that TFL-AntiShahed has acquired and is tracking a Russian-Iranian deep-strike drone.

“The module detects and acquires an object faster than a human can, and tracks it until it is destroyed,” Azhnyuk said in a comment on the video.

The entrepreneur stressed that TFL-AntiShahed is an open platform that can be integrated into any fixed-wing interceptor.

Azhnyuk also outlined the module’s next development steps. “An autonomous terminal-guidance system for ArduPilot and Betaflight is already on the way,” he wrote. “Autonomous navigation to reach the target-detection area is coming too.”

The Fourth Law develops unmanned systems and artificial intelligence technologies for them. The startup unveiled the TFL-AntiShahed autonomy module in March 2026 alongside its own Zerov-8 interceptor.

According to Azhnyuk, the system is currently at “autonomy level zero”. This means the module can highlight a target for the pilot, allowing them to spot it earlier. As a result, the distance at which a target can be detected doubles and, in some weather conditions, can increase threefold.

The next stage in the evolution of the TFL module will be terminal guidance, enabling autonomous flight once the target has been acquired. “We are bringing the system to the point where it can not only detect, but also make decisions on engagement,” Azhnyuk told Defender Media in a comment for its article on terminal-guidance systems in interceptors.

In the end-state scenario, the system will independently recommend launching a drone; the operator will confirm the decision; and one or more interceptors will then fly towards the target without pilot input.