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The US Army is learning drone war from Ukraine's own hardware. At Fort Irwin in California, US troops trained with a handheld detector that matches Ukraine's combat-proven Obriy 1.3.
The markings on it were taped over, and the Army will not confirm it is Ukrainian — United24. 1/
Users agree with the US Army training with the Ukrainian Obriy Drone Detector at Fort Irwin because it demonstrates valuable international military collaboration.
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The device's antenna layout and overall build line up with the Obriy 1.3, a detector from Ukraine's Kara Dag Technologies, the same model Ukrainian crews carry into combat.
Kara Dag has built the Obriy since 2023 and fielded it across the front against Russian drones. 2/
The Obriy 1.3 spots FPV, DJI, and Autel drones across multiple frequency bands. It catches their signals at up to 2 kilometers and shows the operator where they fly.
It also scans the spectrum, buzzes a vibration alert, and taps into analog FPV video feeds. 3/
In March 2026 Kara Dag Technologies teamed up with US defense firm Anduril. Kara Dag brings its drone radio-frequency database, and Anduril adds its software and defense integration.
That partnership could carry Ukrainian counter-drone tech deep into the US defense sector. 5X
The detector turned up as the US Army runs Transforming in Contact 2.0 at Fort Irwin, its push to test counter-drone tools and copy lessons from Russia's war against Ukraine.
The Army went further and ran its first platoon-level live-fire FPV drone test. 4/
Source: https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraines-drone-war-innovation-spotted-at-us-army-training-base-in-california-19586
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼#105The US Army is learning drone war from Ukraine's own hardware. At Fort Irwin in California, US troops trained with a handheld detector that matches Ukraine's combat-proven Obriy 1.3.
The markings on it were taped over, and the Army will not confirm it is Ukrainian — United24. 1/