A video published by the Russian Ministry of Defense shows the Dronebiathlon-2023 UAV Control Competition held at the Alabino shooting range on August 18, as part of the ARMY-2023 Military-Technical Forum.
Teams consisting of military personnel-operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and representatives of the Military Innovation Technopolis "ERA" took part in the contest.
The participants of the event held a race consisting of four stages. In the first stage, the drones hit stationary targets on the ground; during the second one, they conducted reconnaissance aiming to strike a mobile target. In the third stage, the participants hit air targets, showing their skills amid radio-electronic countermeasures. And during the last stage, they were tasked with searching for their target and hitting it with high precision.