Servicemen of the 475th Assault Regiment CODE 9.2 have for the sixth time evacuated a wounded comrade by air using the StarGate unmanned CASEVAC system from SkyFall. This was stated in the company’s press release.
The evacuee was Serhii, a soldier of the 475th Separate Assault Regiment CODE 9.2. He sustained severe injuries to his arm and leg as a result of an enemy FPV drone strike. After that, he was unable to move independently.
Due to the area’s difficult terrain, minefields, shelling and systematic attacks by Russian forces, ground evacuation of the wounded soldier was impossible.
After the successful air evacuation, Serhii was taken to hospital, where he is undergoing treatment.
StarGate is Ukraine’s first specialised unmanned aerial platform for evacuating wounded from the battlefield (CASEVAC), developed by the defence technology company SkyFall. It was created at the request of the military for situations where ground transport cannot reach the wounded.
According to the developers, the drone can carry up to 150 kg of payload and reach speeds of up to 105 km/h. The evacuation module is based on certified medical stretchers. Onboard artificial intelligence, navigation and communications redundancy systems make it possible to continue the mission even under GPS jamming and loss of communications.
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As a reminder, during one of the previous evacuations, the StarGate drone covered more than 15 km one way and picked up a serviceman from a position located just two kilometres from the state border with Russia.
Earlier, the 475th Separate Assault Regiment CODE 9.2 also reported on social media about the evacuation of two soldiers.