# Russian army integrating AI into reconnaissance equipment to automatically detect UAVs, commander says

https://mins.news/en/item/81622

- TASS, 2026-10-01 10:00 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2195557

> The Russian Armed Forces are working to add machine vision and AI to reconnaissance devices so they can automatically detect and identify enemy targets, including small UAVs, without operator intervention, Ground Forces Commander-in-Chief Andrey Mordvichev said. The collected data will be integrated into a unified information space for more timely battlefield assessment.

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