Ukraine has deployed unified drone management system in two months

Iryna Levytska - 26 March, 17:44

Ukrainian soldiers. Photo: Mykhailo Fedorov

Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has completed the rollout of Mission Control, a unified digital drone management system launched in January within the DELTA ecosystem. It is already operating across all corps and troop groupings.

Source: Ukraine's Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov

Quote: "Deploying such a system usually takes years – we did it in just two months. The result is already visible: the system is operating in all corps and groupings."

Details: Mission Control is described as a tool that records all operations of unmanned systems and generates dashboards for further analysis and decision-making.

Mission Control immediately provides commanders with a full operational picture, including plans and the effectiveness of unmanned systems use.

"Data is structured and suitable for rapid decision-making. The system covers all key task types: reconnaissance, strikes, mining, logistics and evacuation," Fedorov said.

He added that reports 5.31 and 5.32, previously used to record unmanned systems activity, have been cancelled.

Quote: "If a unit were operating intensively, this took several hours to complete tables and transmit data. Then followed a vertical reporting process that affected flexibility and efficiency of decision-making."

Mission Control interface for managing unmanned systems.

Photo: Mykhailo Fedorov

Details: After data are entered into Mission Control, the system generates a dashboard that becomes available within minutes for analysing and planning unit operations. Decisions are now made on the basis of high-quality data available simultaneously at all command levels – from battalion level to the General Staff and the Ministry of Defence.

Fedorov described Mission Control as a system enabling drone operations to be managed on the basis of collected data, which should simplify decision-making and reduce bureaucracy.

For reference: DELTA is a Ukrainian situational awareness platform supported by the Centre for Innovation and Development of Defence Technologies of Ukraine's Defence Ministry.

Background:

Drone operations were integrated into the Mission Control digital system on 23 January. Since then, commanders have received a full real-time picture of mission execution.
As of 6 March, more than 150,000 digital mission reports had already been generated in Mission Control.
At the end of February, the Ministry of Defence reported that the system was recording more than 2,800 target strikes daily on the front.

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