British-Ukrainian Trypillian Unveils Tactical UAV Family Featuring Modular Strike and Recon Platforms

The British-Ukrainian developer Trypillian has unveiled a new family of tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, outlining a modular suite of platforms intended for strike, reconnaissance, communications relay and battlefield logistics.

In a statement to Militarnyi on September 30 the company noted that, alongside the initial rollout of four tactical platforms, it is simultaneously developing additional systems—most notably a Deep-Strike drone now in the final stage of field trials. Trypillian says its engineering effort pairs hardware and software to deliver solutions for long-reach strikes, battlefield communications and frontline payload delivery.

The lineup opens with an FPV model: a lightweight, cost-effective platform produced in multiple sizes and capable of reaching a top speed of 90 km/h. Next is a relay-carrier variant designed to extend tactical communications in field conditions, with an operational radius of roughly 12 km.

According to Militarnyi, the family also includes the Bomber—a multipurpose strike platform whose ground control station is neatly integrated into a transport case for ease of movement and rapid deployment. Rounding out the quartet is a VTOL system (vertical take-off and landing) tailored for reconnaissance and missions in terrain with limited runway space; its maximum operational ceiling is listed at 3,500 m.

Trypillian emphasises close collaboration with combat units, saying that direct frontline feedback allows rapid iterations of both airframe design and onboard software logic. The company plans to trial the UAV family in joint operations with Ukrainian units under real combat conditions while continuing refinement of its deep-strike system, which remains in active field testing.

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“With tactical UAVs our goal is to establish ourselves as an end-to-end defense solutions integrator. Tactical drones are not the product, tactical drones are the process. “Killzone” is the product,” says Ivan Matveichenko, Trypillian CEO. “We bring the kit, the software, distributed production process and the operational doctrine, empowering our clients to deploy a decisive containment perimeter against adversarial threats.”

Beyond hardware, Trypillian supplies integrated packages that include equipment, software, distributed manufacturing processes and an operational doctrine—components the company says are essential to building a robust perimeter of deterrence against contemporary threats, Militarnyi reported.

Earlier, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces carried out an overnight drone strike in occupied Crimea, targeting a Russian S-400 air defense system and destroying its radar.

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