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Ukraine Debuts Linza 3.0 Drone With AI-Enhanced Navigation and Superior Jamming Resistance
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Ukrainian company Frontline Robotics has unveiled Linza 3.0, an upgraded bomber drone platform already in service with more than 60 units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces, Militarnyi reported on February 11.
The company said the new version improves tactical range, increases payload capacity, and enhances overall reliability. Linza 3.0 is designed as a multi-purpose platform, capable of striking targets, deploying mines, conducting reconnaissance, supporting logistics, carrying relay systems, and even evacuating other drones.
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The drone features an AI-powered visual-inertial navigation module and is available in both day and night configurations. It can hold position above a target at altitudes of up to 200 meters, stabilize during landing, and display its flight path on a map in loiter mode.
“In the media, Linza is often called the ‘Ukrainian Mavic.’ The comparison is understandable, but unlike commercial copters, we designed this drone specifically for military tasks,” the company told Militarnyi.
The comparison to the “Mavic” references the Chinese-made DJI quadcopters that currently dominate the frontline due to their ease of use and high-quality optics. While these drones are essential for platoon-level situational awareness, they operate on standard civilian frequencies that are easily suppressed by Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems. By developing a “militarized” version, Ukrainian engineers aim to retain the Mavic’s tactical agility while adding the encrypted communications and heavier payload capacity necessary to survive and strike in a jam-heavy environment.
Linza 3.0 is built on a 12-inch frame and can carry up to 4 kilograms of payload over a tactical radius of 15 kilometers, with flight endurance of up to 60 minutes. The previous version could carry 2 kilograms over 10 kilometers.
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The drone is equipped with a dual-band encrypted communications system using frequency-hopping technology designed to withstand electronic warfare, as well as a one-way EW-resistant digital video transmission link.
The daytime version includes a gyro-stabilized camera with 1280×720 resolution and 6x digital zoom, while the night variant is fitted with a stabilized thermal imager at 640×512 resolution.
Frontline Robotics CEO Yevhen Tretiak said the company’s next goal is to scale production further while maintaining quality. Militarnyi noted that Linza 3.0 is expected to become the first drone produced under the new Ukrainian-German joint venture Quantum Frontline Industries.
Earlier, it was reported that Ukraine was racing to build cheaper, homegrown air defenses as Russian drone and missile strikes continued to batter its cities and infrastructure.
It was stated that Ukrainian engineers have developed experimental systems ranging from interceptor drones to a prototype laser weapon known as “Sunray,” designed to burn drones out of the sky within seconds.
