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Get an exclusive look at Ukraine’s cutting-edge interceptor drones with DK Nejet! Watch as we test AI-powered swarm drones that take on Russian targets—no GPS, no pilots needed. From battlefield innovation to clever tech hacks, this is next-level drone warfare. Hit subscribe for more wild tech stories, and drop a comment telling us which drone feature blew your mind! #technology #drones #AI #military #innovation
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0:00 - Introduction to DK Nejet and Drones
0:57 - Drone Autonomy and Generations of AI
2:53 - Swarm Systems and Positioning Technologies
5:39 - Demonstration of Drone Swarm in Action
7:18 - Manual Control and Field Operations
8:41 - Autonomous Stabilization and Use Case Details
10:24 - AI, Ecosystem, and Tactical Impact
12:56 - Industrialization and Final Thoughts
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👉 This channel was created in collaboration with https://www.youtube.com/@xaviertytelman
0:00 - Introduction to DK Nejet and Drones
0:57 - Drone Autonomy and Generations of AI
2:53 - Swarm Systems and Positioning Technologies
5:39 - Demonstration of Drone Swarm in Action
7:18 - Manual Control and Field Operations
8:41 - Autonomous Stabilization and Use Case Details
10:24 - AI, Ecosystem, and Tactical Impact
12:56 - Industrialization and Final Thoughts
We are now available on Spotify! Listen now https://open.spotify.com/show/6KW2Zo9GU39VZSvv2zIpxM
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00:00Hello and welcome.
00:01Today in Ukraine, we have the chance to be on an experimental site with an exceptional
00:05company.
00:06It's called DK NetJet.
00:07They do a lot of things, and they are particularly strong in interceptor drones against ISR drones,
00:13meaning not the kamikaze-type Shahed drones, which are in the rear and therefore not subject
00:18to jamming.
00:18For example, they make drones that are very, very good at being able to continue to be
00:22piloted all the way to impact against Russian observation drones, even when operating in
00:27a jammed environment.
00:28They make drones with artificial intelligence that can lock onto a ground target and take
00:33it all the way to the target without needing input from the pilot when operating in a jammed
00:37environment or behind a hill.
00:39And today, we have a unique demonstration, it's going to be for drone testing.
00:43Around me, there are four drones, it's starting right now.
00:57So, on the front line, there are a lot of problems.
00:59One of them is saturation due to the number of targets.
01:02The Russians come in groups of 20, 30 or 40 at the same time and you're limited by the
01:08number of pilots you have and also the number of antennas.
01:11That means a pilot can only launch one drone every five, six or seven minutes, which isn't
01:16enough to stop the Russians.
01:18So today, having autonomous drones is absolutely essential for several reasons.
01:23The first reason is that if you pilot your drone from takeoff to impact, your transmitter
01:28will eventually give you away.
01:29The enemy will be able to triangulate your position and you'll end up getting struck.
01:33So, first, drones had pre-set headings.
01:35We would say, go over there, six minutes on that axis, then turn your antenna back on
01:41at the last moment and then we would pilot it until impact.
01:44But that still left the moment between taking back control and impact, during which the
01:48pilot kept transmitting, so it was still possible to be discovered.
01:51Drones with artificial intelligence only transmit when they arrive over the area and once they're
01:56in the right spot, we position them, like you go to this point and then the drone goes
02:00to impact all by itself.
02:02Today, with the different generations of artificial intelligence, the first ones were simply like,
02:06go hit the pixel over there, even if it moves, or if it was a tank, we would hit it.
02:10The second generation was able to recognize if it was an infantry, fighting vehicle, a tank,
02:16a grand robot or a human running, and it would adapt what it was going to hit with that automation.
02:21And the third generation, today they are even able to determine if the target, for example,
02:26is a tank that's protected with a cage around it, and if there's a cage, it has to go around
02:32to enter from the front, to get through the cage where the cannon is, or even hit the cannon
02:35directly.
02:37So those are the different generations of artificial intelligence for targeting.
02:41Today what we see are drones that work in swarms.
02:44The advantage is that now you can say, today NetJet has already proven the use of four drones
02:49at the same time, and the goal is to make it 32, which is quite impressive.
02:52So instead of launching one drone every six or seven minutes, you launch 32 at the same
02:58time, and your drones will have several systems on board.
03:01The first thing is that underneath the drone, you have a camera that's facing downward, which
03:06will allow for autonomous navigation, so it can position and orient itself along a certain
03:11trajectory.
03:12Or you have cameras that will simply point downward, and that way they'll see exactly where they
03:17are.
03:17Next to it here, you have a small LiDAR.
03:19This LiDAR allows for terrain following, it knows the area around them, and they'll follow
03:24the ground to fly as low as possible without being detected.
03:27If they fly high, obviously they can be seen from farther away.
03:30And once they reach the waiting area, they'll be able to stay in an extremely precise position.
03:35Why have such an extremely precise position?
03:38It's because I'm not going to show them to you, but it also allows for transmitters that
03:42are very directional.
03:43Instead of having a transmitter that will transmit in a 90 degree arc to control them, you have
03:49a transmitter that will just be oriented toward the target where your drones are waiting to
03:53receive an order.
03:54And once the drones have arrived in this area, then you can assign each of them a mission or
04:01a target, come back, stay in place, act as a spotter for the others, or go directly and
04:06strike your objective.
04:08So there's an element that's really important for understanding a system that needs to operate
04:13as a swarm.
04:14Again, there doesn't need to be continuous communication, but the drones must not collide
04:19with each other.
04:21So the drones themselves, they're positioned, there's no GPS, there's absolutely no GPS on
04:26the battlefield.
04:28They position themselves relative to each other, using beacons that are placed by the
04:33teams here.
04:34So a beacon here, a beacon 1KM over there.
04:38And they will know their relative position based on this beacon, it's the Tekken system
04:43for radio beacons, the kind that's used in the military for example.
04:47And so they know their distance from each of these beacons, and so they can triangulate
04:52their exact position accurate to the meter.
04:55Which means they know their relative position to each other.
04:59And over there, they know exactly where each drone is located.
05:03And all of this makes it possible to know the position of all the drones, next to each
05:07other, at the moment they reach the target.
05:10And this allows them here to have a video feed when it's time to fire when they really arrive
05:15at the right moment, just near the target they're going to try to hit.
05:19A small detail also about the drone.
05:23Everything like controllers, heat sinks, processors guys, there's nothing Chinese in there.
05:27They make everything themselves.
05:29The Ukrainians are becoming self-sufficient.
05:32It's pretty much in every area, they're trying to cut down to avoid continuing to fund China
05:37and therefore Russia.
05:39We're now in the bunker, again we're on a test site, we're not in a real situation,
05:43but it's exactly the same over there.
05:44In the bunker, we have the video feed from the four drones, so the cameras are side by
05:49side.
05:50There are definitely jammers.
05:52So here you can see the drones following each other.
05:54We're in one drone, it's the lead drone.
05:56And here this is the drone that's following it.
05:59We can see that it's in front of us.
06:02So we're not piloting the drones.
06:04No one is piloting the drones, you see.
06:06It's the drones that are sent on a mission.
06:09A mission can be for observation, it can be for bombing, it can even be a suicide mission.
06:14Oh right, you told me it's a big thing.
06:17Said that the others took off too.
06:19So here we can see the four drones moving relative to each other.
06:26The green one stopped moving.
06:29Okay, yeah.
06:32So now the drones know where they are in relation to each other, they're moving around.
06:37And so when they reach the area where the target should be, they'll stay in position.
06:43Listen, they're not behind the estate, they're turning around.
06:45And the estate will be right here.
06:48Now one of them just turned around, they will turn back because we set up the mission like
06:54so.
06:55They will be hovering here near us.
06:59It's the mission and you see that they start coming back.
07:03So here the mission is the simplest one.
07:04Once they've arrived at the area, they head back.
07:07So they went to the area, they surrounded the area and all four of them moved into one
07:10corner.
07:11They turned around and now they're coming back toward us.
07:14So soon they'll reach us and they'll be able to start rotating around us.
07:18And now, can you re-establish contact with one of them and take direct control?
07:23You can, is it possible?
07:24Yeah?
07:25How do you do when you…
07:26Press the button.
07:27Press the button.
07:29And…
07:29The pilot needs to get a handset and a hat.
07:33Okay.
07:34So let's…
07:37It…
07:37Take…
07:38Any…
07:38Do it…
07:39We'll press…
07:40Wind.
07:41Nonsense.
07:42Dubai.
07:43Drone.
07:44Yes.
07:45Any…
07:46Any drone.
07:48Click.
07:49We'll press the button.
07:50Hmm.
07:51How many?
07:52How many?
07:54How many?
07:54Which left one?
07:57Left.
07:57Left.
07:58This one is controlled by us.
08:00Now, can you stop it?
08:01Stop.
08:02Stop.
08:02No need.
08:03Yeah.
08:03You see, it's controlled by hand.
08:05No mission.
08:06Nothing.
08:06And fly forward.
08:08Yeah.
08:10Boom.
08:13And now, he is flying with this drone.
08:16You can record the hands controlling it.
08:19Control!
08:27And this drone is coming to us.
08:30You see, it's our location.
08:33Yeah.
08:33I cannot show it.
08:35But just so you understand.
08:37Understanding.
08:42Hello?
08:43Battery.
08:44Take care.
08:45Ask him to come back.
08:47Actually, they are here and they are trying.
08:50You see, they are, how to say, they are struggling with wind.
08:55So, it's wind conditions.
08:57So, they are trying to hover and it's too windy.
09:00So, they are…
09:00What's interesting, and so…
09:02Yeah.
09:03We have the drone, which is completely autonomous, without GPS,
09:06and which will stabilize itself based on the view it has in front of it.
09:09So, here, it's a drone in fully autonomous mode.
09:12You see, for example, we have the impression that it has stabilized relative to this tree here.
09:16Because, for example, if we gave the information that the Russians are arriving here,
09:20well, when we are stabilized in relation to this tree,
09:23we will be able to designate, you, you will hit this target there, you, you will hit this target, etc.
09:28And all of that is done directly on the screens.
09:34On the…
09:35So, friends, there are drones everywhere around us.
09:38They are up there.
09:40Where is it?
09:41Thank you for coming.
09:47There are two over there.
09:52I don't know if you can.
09:53So, there is the big one over there.
09:54There are others who are behind.
10:08So, a small detail anyway.
10:10Since these are supposed to be single-use kamikaze drones,
10:14there is no landing system, so they didn't need to develop one.
10:17So, the landing is done by hand here, because normally the drone is supposed to hit its target on impact.
10:24Another one is coming.
10:38You see, we are at the ultimate stage of artificial intelligence.
10:42Every time I talk about it, especially in France, there is a misunderstanding about how complex all of this can
10:47get.
10:47Artificial intelligence, in some cases, the swarms will simply move around to get a 3D view of the terrain.
10:53They will carry out their mission autonomously.
10:55That way, they will have a terrain map to be able to clear the way, so that drones and ground
11:02robots can go to a position without getting lost or running into obstacles.
11:07There are plenty of possible missions for the swarms.
11:10You have 50 possible missions for artificial intelligence.
11:15And so, once again, the goal here is to make life simple for the users.
11:20What's crazy is that these are traditional HDMI cables, they're Ethernet cables, and the electricity comes from the Ethernet wiring.
11:28So, it's little details like that, which make life simple.
11:32No one uses batteries that aren't commercially available batteries.
11:35No one uses wiring that isn't commercially available wiring.
11:38And the control stations themselves are a marvel in their own right as well.
11:42That seems simple, and so on.
11:44But, in reality, if you don't have this type of control station, if you don't have the right kind of
11:50repeater and a highly directional antenna,
11:53there's a high chance you'll lose the users.
11:56AI, it's not just AI, it's use cases, it's an ecosystem.
12:00And nothing would work if there wasn't this whole ecosystem around it.
12:03And that's the result of years and years.
12:08About the need for simplicity.
12:10If it's not simple, the military can't afford to spend three weeks in training just to learn how to use
12:15a new system.
12:17Everything has to be user-friendly, a bit like when we have well-designed apps, and that's one of the
12:22most surprising things.
12:25If something doesn't work, they'll just buy it at the local supermarket.
12:28They don't have to wait months for the huge supplier to bring them the missing part.
12:33So, as you can see, ASIN drones are really going to change a lot of things.
12:37On the front lines, you need fewer pilots to manage more drones.
12:41You have the ability to attack more enemies at the same time.
12:45You have the possibility of having automated autonomous flight control.
12:49You can transmit less and therefore be less likely to be detected, so it's really a force multiplier.
12:55It saves the lives of your comrades.
12:58It allows you to better push back the enemies.
13:00So today, they are also in the process of industrializing the entire value chain locally.
13:08So, from the engines to the artificial intelligence system and the onboard computers and everything that goes with it, there
13:14are still quite a few flying around me.
13:18I hope you enjoyed it. Innovation is still happening here.
13:2232 drones with jet canisters, that's an operational reality that's coming very soon.
13:27Four drones have already been validated and this is the third company to do it.
13:30This might be the one that impressed me the most out of everything I've seen.
13:33The others were very early stage, very much in the lab.
13:36Here, it's already operational, it's already working.
13:38The drones communicate with each other and targets can be designated easily, so they really don't just have AI like
13:44some companies that only do AI.
13:46They have the ecosystem, the command systems, the control systems and additional beacons.
13:51In short, they cover the entire value chain from A to Z.
13:55I think it's one of the most interesting companies I've seen.
13:58I hope you enjoyed it and I'll see you very soon.
14:08I hope you enjoyed it.