{"id":20233,"date":"2026-01-08T17:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=20233"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:21:17","slug":"strix-air-modernisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/01\/strix-air-modernisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Strix Air announces a programme to modernise FPV drones for combat units"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strix Air has announced a programme to modernise FPV drones for combat units of Ukraine\u2019s Defence Forces. As the company told Defender Media, this is a systematic offer designed to adapt unmanned systems to the conditions of modern electronic warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The updated programme targets FPV drones that have lost effectiveness due to changes in the frequency environment and the intensive use of electronic warfare systems. It includes technical upgrades such as replacing video transmitters and control receivers with units operating on current frequency bands, installing antennas optimised for the new frequency grid, and updating software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The modernisation relies on components developed in-house by Strix Air. The company\u2019s current production capacity is sufficient to upgrade around 5,000 drones per month.<\/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 has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/01\/ukraine-pavillion-ces-2026\/\"><strong>Read more: <\/strong>Lanka Robotics, VATAG, Dozor AI and Tykho Electronics represent Ukraine\u2019s defence tech at CES 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the programme, Strix Air also offers supporting infrastructure to ensure stable communications, including ground control stations, various types of airborne repeaters, proprietary repeater carriers, as well as trench stations and cable extensions. Equipment configurations are selected individually, taking into account mission requirements, terrain and the specific needs of each unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Strix Air, its modernisation services are already being used by the 93rd Separate Mechanised Brigade Kholodnyi Yar, the 59th Separate Assault Brigade, the 42nd Separate Mechanised Brigade, as well as units of the Special Operations Forces and the Alfa special unit. In addition to supplying upgraded solutions, Strix Air provides ongoing support, including personnel training, continuous communication with engineers, and deployments to combat zones for diagnostics, repairs and individual system configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, Defender Media reported on a <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2025\/12\/bluebird-tech-presented-bebradron\/\">new kamikaze UAV, the Bebradrone<\/a>, developed by BlueBird Tech, featuring a warhead of up to 7 kg and an operational range of up to 35 km.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to software and hardware upgrades, the company offers operator training<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20230,"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":[127,164,216,229],"class_list":["post-20233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecosystem","tag-drones","tag-fpv","tag-industry","tag-startups","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Strix Air publicly announces FPV modernisation programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In addition to software and hardware upgrades, the company offers operator training. 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