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Ukrainian drone manufacturer SkyFall has shown Associated Press its new StarGate aerial medical evacuation drone, developed at the request of the 475th Assault Regiment (Code 9.2).

The drone can carry 150 kg, fly up to 15 km and reach speeds of 105 km/h. It has already been delivered to Ukrainian troops for frontline testing.

Evacuating wounded soldiers by air using drones is still a largely untested concept. Any technical failure during flight could be fatal, especially over a battlefield saturated with attack drones.

However, StarGate is designed for extreme situations where ground evacuation is impossible or every minute counts.

It’s essentially a matter of risk management: sometimes a dangerous flight may be the only chance to save a critically wounded soldier who would otherwise be left behind.