Russian company EdGun, known for its high-pressure airguns, has presented Kokoshnik, a hand-launched interceptor drone meant to hunt down aerial targets on its own, Indomiliter reports.
According to the company, the drone has AI-based guidance on board. Once the operator locks onto a target up to 1.2 km away, Kokoshnik chases and intercepts it without further manual control. If it misses, a separate control unit can bring it back for another mission.
EdGun says the drone reaches 280 km/h and carries a 300 g payload, and that a later version is meant to reach 450 km/h. It is fired from a compact manual launcher and is meant as an alternative to earlier Russian interceptors such as Yolka and Varvar.
EdGun was founded by Eduard Gafarov in 2005 and is known for bullpup airguns such as the Matador and Leshiy.
