{"id":104590,"date":"2026-10-09T13:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=104590"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:14:42","slug":"taf-industries-babka-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/","title":{"rendered":"TAF Industries increases Babka reconnaissance drone\u2019s range to 60 km"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian company TAF Industries has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tafindustriesua\/posts\/pfbid09qHHy1fDPp2AMm7onTFFHzTsYK5RL64j5tbWjXw6sgHnTWveVT6iPguNMMDQ9mrfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">updated<\/a> the specifications of its Babka reconnaissance UAV. The manufacturer upgraded the communications system and increased the drone\u2019s battery capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How Babka\u2019s specifications have changed<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>operating radius: previously 40 km \u2014 now up to 60 km;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>endurance: previously two hours \u2014 now three hours;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>communications range: previously up to 55 km \u2014 now up to 70 km.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/taf-industries\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/taf-industries\/\">TAF Industries<\/a> says the price of Babka has not changed. The manufacturer describes it as the cheapest reconnaissance <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/uav\/\">UAV<\/a> on the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAF <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2025\/07\/taf-drones-cofidied-cheap-babka-drone\/\">unveiled<\/a> the low-cost tactical <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/reconnaissance-drones\/\">reconnaissance drone<\/a> Babka in July 2025. The first version featured a digital video system with 30x optical zoom, a GPS-denied navigation system and multichannel communications with pseudo-random frequency hopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/08\/taf-upteko\/\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: TAF Industries and Danish Upteko to establish joint venture for UAV production<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the upgrade, the UAV can remain airborne for up to three hours and maintain communications at a range of up to 70 km<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":104588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_featured_category_order":0,"_article_badge":"featured","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[216,1558,858,195],"class_list":["post-104590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecosystem","tag-industry","tag-reconnaissance-drones","tag-taf-industries","tag-uav","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TAF Industries increases Babka recon drone\u2019s range to 60 km<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Following the upgrade, the UAV can remain airborne for up to three hours and maintain communications at a range of up to 70 km.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TAF Industries increases Babka recon drone\u2019s range to 60 km\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following the upgrade, the UAV can remain airborne for up to three hours and maintain communications at a range of up to 70 km.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defender Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DefenderMediaUA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-09T10:02:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-09T10:14:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/babka.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1355\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"812\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Olha Zakrevska\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DefenderMediaUA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DefenderMediaUA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Olha Zakrevska\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Olha Zakrevska\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d4a4d070c09fd8ec42031fee29a809f2\"},\"headline\":\"TAF Industries increases Babka reconnaissance drone\u2019s range to 60 km\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-09T10:02:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-09T10:14:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":140,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/babka.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"industry\",\"reconnaissance drones\",\"taf industries\",\"uav\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Ecosystem\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/\",\"name\":\"TAF Industries increases Babka recon drone\u2019s range to 60 km\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/babka.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-09T10:02:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-09T10:14:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Following the upgrade, the UAV can remain airborne for up to three hours and maintain communications at a range of up to 70 km.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/babka.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/babka.webp\",\"width\":1355,\"height\":812,\"caption\":\"\u0411\u043f\u041b\u0410 \\\"\u0411\u0430\u0431\u043a\u0430\\\". \u0417\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f: TAF Industries\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/taf-industries-babka-new\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"TAF Industries increases Babka reconnaissance drone\u2019s range to 60 km\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"DEFENDER\",\"description\":\"Defence Tech\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Defender Media\",\"alternateName\":\"Defender Media\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/cropped-ico.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/cropped-ico.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Defender Media\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DefenderMediaUA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DefenderMediaUA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/defender-media\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/t.me\\\/DefenderMedia\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d4a4d070c09fd8ec42031fee29a809f2\",\"name\":\"Olha Zakrevska\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6e75e02c3980166d31d2bf3d007df0c706b443511faa1fc8cac05f8963a2aa58?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6e75e02c3980166d31d2bf3d007df0c706b443511faa1fc8cac05f8963a2aa58?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6e75e02c3980166d31d2bf3d007df0c706b443511faa1fc8cac05f8963a2aa58?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Olha Zakrevska\"},\"description\":\"Olha has been working in Ukrainian IT media since 2014, including the past 10 years as a managing editor. She also has experience as a journalist, news editor, SMM specialist, content manager, and in researching and analysing large datasets.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/author\\\/olha-zakrevska\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"TAF Industries increases Babka recon drone\u2019s range to 60 km","description":"Following the upgrade, the UAV can remain airborne for up to three hours and maintain communications at a range of up to 70 km.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"TAF Industries increases Babka recon drone\u2019s range to 60 km","og_description":"Following the upgrade, the UAV can remain airborne for up to three hours and maintain communications at a range of up to 70 km.","og_url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/","og_site_name":"Defender Media","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DefenderMediaUA","article_published_time":"2026-10-09T10:02:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-09T10:14:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1355,"height":812,"url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/babka.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Olha Zakrevska","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DefenderMediaUA","twitter_site":"@DefenderMediaUA","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Olha Zakrevska","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/"},"author":{"name":"Olha Zakrevska","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d4a4d070c09fd8ec42031fee29a809f2"},"headline":"TAF Industries increases Babka reconnaissance drone\u2019s range to 60 km","datePublished":"2026-10-09T10:02:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-09T10:14:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/"},"wordCount":140,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/babka.webp","keywords":["industry","reconnaissance drones","taf industries","uav"],"articleSection":["Ecosystem"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/","name":"TAF Industries increases Babka recon drone\u2019s range to 60 km","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/babka.webp","datePublished":"2026-10-09T10:02:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-09T10:14:42+00:00","description":"Following the upgrade, the UAV can remain airborne for up to three hours and maintain communications at a range of up to 70 km.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/babka.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/babka.webp","width":1355,"height":812,"caption":"\u0411\u043f\u041b\u0410 \"\u0411\u0430\u0431\u043a\u0430\". \u0417\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f: TAF Industries"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/10\/taf-industries-babka-new\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TAF Industries increases Babka reconnaissance drone\u2019s range to 60 km"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/","name":"DEFENDER","description":"Defence Tech","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#organization","name":"Defender Media","alternateName":"Defender Media","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-ico.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-ico.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Defender Media"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DefenderMediaUA","https:\/\/x.com\/DefenderMediaUA","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/defender-media\/","https:\/\/t.me\/DefenderMedia\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d4a4d070c09fd8ec42031fee29a809f2","name":"Olha Zakrevska","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6e75e02c3980166d31d2bf3d007df0c706b443511faa1fc8cac05f8963a2aa58?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6e75e02c3980166d31d2bf3d007df0c706b443511faa1fc8cac05f8963a2aa58?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6e75e02c3980166d31d2bf3d007df0c706b443511faa1fc8cac05f8963a2aa58?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Olha Zakrevska"},"description":"Olha has been working in Ukrainian IT media since 2014, including the past 10 years as a managing editor. She also has experience as a journalist, news editor, SMM specialist, content manager, and in researching and analysing large datasets.","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/author\/olha-zakrevska\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104590"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104615,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104590\/revisions\/104615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}