{"id":27658,"date":"2026-04-16T10:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=27658"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:14:36","slug":"bluebird-fiber-optic-uavs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/04\/bluebird-fiber-optic-uavs\/","title":{"rendered":"BlueBird Tech inveiled the lineup of fibre-optic drones Zhakh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ukrainian company <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/bluebird\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BlueBird Tech<\/a> has announced the launch of a line of fibre-optic FPV drones under the name Zhakh, designed to operate in conditions of active electronic warfare. The company has already opened pre-orders for the drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The series includes three models \u2014 Zhakh 10, Zhakh 13 and Zhakh 15. All have the same flight range but differ in payload capacity: 1 kg, 2 kg, and 2.8 kg. The line has not yet undergone codification but is being prepared for this procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The declared flight range of the FPV drones is up to 15 kilometres, with a maximum speed of up to 90 km\/h.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The price of the Zhakh drones starts at UAH 25,000, though it may vary based on the current cost of fibre-optic cable, order volume, and drone configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company noted that small batches can be delivered within short timeframes \u2014 up to seven days \u2014 while timelines for larger orders are agreed individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Defender Media reported a significant <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/03\/fibre-optic-price\/\">increase in fibre-optic prices<\/a> since the beginning of 2026, as well as a partial halt in the production and supply of fibre-optic drones in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drones with 10-, 13- and 15-inch frames have a range of up to 15 km and reach speeds of up to 90 km\/h<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27475,"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":[1374,1665,164],"class_list":["post-27658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecosystem","tag-bluebird","tag-fibre-optic","tag-fpv","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BlueBird Tech opens pre-orders for fibre-optic drones<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Drones with 10-, 13- and 15-inch frames have a range of up to 15 km and reach speeds of up to 90 km\/h. 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