The DJI Mavic is a series of popular, compact, and foldable drones known for their high-quality cameras, advanced flight technology, and portability, used by hobbyists and professionals for aerial photography and videography. The line includes various models, from the original Mavic Pro to newer, more advanced versions like the Mavic 3 and Mavic 4 series, which feature improved cameras and intelligent flight modes.
DJI or Da-Jiang Innovations is a Chinese technology company founded in 2006 that is a global leader in manufacturing civilian drones and aerial imaging technology.
Key characteristics of the drones
Portability: Many models, like the original Mavic Pro, are designed with a foldable structure, making them easy to pack and transport.
Camera quality: The Mavic series is built around high-quality cameras, with recent models featuring advanced multi-lens systems, like the Mavic 3 Pro and Mavic 4 Pro's triple-camera setup, for professional-grade photo and video capture.
Intelligent flight: The drones are equipped with intelligent flight modes, obstacle avoidance, and advanced return-to-home (RTH) functions for easier and safer operation.
Target audience: The series appeals to a wide range of users, from casual hobbyists to professionals in fields like real estate, inspection, and mapping.
Performance: Drones in this series offer strong performance, including long flight times and robust transmission systems.
Innovation: The series continuously evolves, with newer models like the Mavic 4 Pro introducing significant upgrades such as a 360-degree rotating gimbal and more advanced sensors for enhanced low-light performance and tracking.
“After their first assault, Jakub, a Czech instructor who served in Afghanistan, approaches a Ukrainian soldier and says, “Hey, can we not use the Mavics?”
“Why not, Jakub?” he asks.
The Czech instructor replies, “Well, you spot us too quickly with your Mavics, and we can’t even get close.”
“Excuse me, Jakub, but if we don’t use the Mavics, it won’t be a modern conflict anymore, it’ll just be a reconstruction of the 2010s,” the Ukrainian replies.
This is an episode from the training of Ukrainian soldiers in Poland, described by a BBC News Ukraine journalist. Ukrainian soldiers trained in Poland and the Czech Republic are increasingly faced with a gap between NATO training programs and the reality of the drone conflict in Ukraine.
I constantly have to prove the same thing here in Lithuania to those who claim that the Ukrainians are very satisfied with our training according to NATO standards.
We still do not want to admit that we are light years behind the Ukrainians and Russians in terms of preparation. Those of our exercises, where various types of drones are used only episodically, usually with the call of a few drone operators from the Riflemen's Union or the National Defense Volunteer Forces (NDVF), are a parody of real war, a failed warm-up, and not a reproduction of the battle conditions of modern war.
Some courses of the armies of NATO countries are still based on textbooks from the times of Iraq and Afghanistan, when drones did not exist, and the basis of tactical and medical standards is the "golden hour" (the time stipulated in NATO doctrine for transporting the wounded), which simply does not exist on the front line controlled by drones.
Ukrainian marines, having passed Krynky, are surprised by scenarios in which an armored personnel carrier has to cross a river: they directly tell the instructors that any equipment will be destroyed by drones before it even approaches the shore.
Soldiers from the Pokrovsk and Kharkiv sectors explain that today any movement in the open air, where 40-50 drones are hovering at the same time, is deadly. The tactic of “flying an infantry fighting vehicle (IVM) straight into a trench” no longer works.
Some courses seem archaic: for example, instructors demonstrate navigation using paper maps, although everyone at the front has long worked with tablets and digital maps.
Drones have also dramatically changed medicine: evacuation in 60 minutes is unrealistic. Ukrainian officers explain to NATO soldiers that a wounded person can lie down for a whole day, and it is necessary to be able to properly operate a tourniquet for hours.
Often, Ukrainian instructors themselves adjust the course of the exercises: they show the Czechs and Poles how to conduct assault operations in the presence of a drone threat, how to use “Kikimars” (camouflages), anti-heat cloaks and protection against FPV drones.
However, some centers are already adapting. The first drone training ground “Jomsborg” has been created in Poland, where Ukrainians help organize courses, and Norwegians integrate Ukrainian experience into NATO programs.”
https://www.delfi.lt/news/ringas/lit/jakubai-o-gal-galime-nenaudoti-mavic-u-120176991
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