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Ukrainian defence manufacturer Skyfall has developed the Stargate carbon-fibre aerial medical evacuation drone to retrieve wounded soldiers from frontline kill zones that medics and ground robots cannot reach. Kyiv Post reported that the craft flies at 105 km/h with a 150-kilogram payload over 30 kilometres, costs $50,000 and uses onboard AI to stay stable under Russian electronic jamming. AFP reported that Stargate has been used in three missions, including one that evacuated Ukrainian soldier Yevgen, who had been stranded on the front line for two days after losing a foot to a mine. The idea came from a request by the commander of Ukraine's CODE 9.2 assault brigade, and Skyfall aims to produce a thousand drones per month by the end of 2026. During a test flight, Russian electronic jammers briefly cut the link between pilot KVN and the drone, and the onboard AI kept it flying until the connection was restored. The whole evacuation took about 15 minutes, and one officer said the system "looks promising" but needs more field examples.