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Ukraine-based defence technology company The Fourth Law has announced new investor funding for its software, which increases drone strike success by transferring the control over the drone in its last 500 metres of flight to an onboard computer running AI algorithms.
The maker of massively scalable AI systems for FPV drones announced an undisclosed amount of funding from a group of venture funds and angel investors based in the European Union, the United States and Canada.
The company claimed its TFL-1 autonomy module and Lupynis-10-TFL-1 unmanned aerial system (daytime or nighttime) is reportedly able to increase the success of first-person view drone missions by a factor of two to five times. The success increase is reportedly made possible by transferring the control over the drone in its last 500 metres of flight to an onboard computer running AI algorithms.
The system is engineered to precisely identify and categorise targets, whether stationary or moving, ensuring high-precision strikes.
Following several years of research and development and rigorous testing with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, The Fourth Law (TFL) successfully pioneered a unique, multi-level artificial intelligence system, according to the company’s founder and chief executive officer, Yaroslav Azhnyuk.
“Massively scalable drone autonomy is the single most important defence technology of this decade. There’s no one on the planet who understands this better than the Ukrainian Defence Forces.”
“We’re doing the most important work of our lives, and the funding we’ve raised from the investors is an invaluable catalyst to the growing defensive capabilities of the Free World.
“We will need, however, much more resources to deliver on the full potential of this technology. We must make sure that the adversaries of democracy and freedom won’t get there faster.”
TFL’s vision for full and massively scalable autonomy for defensive FPV drones assumes five stages of autonomy, including terminal guidance, terminal guidance for bombing, target detection and engagement, GPS-denied navigation as well as autonomous take-off and landing.
“Since March 2025, pilots of the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade have been utilising aircraft equipped with the TFL-1 system, which has demonstrated its effectiveness on the battlefield during this period,” said Colonel Ruslan Shevchuk, Commander of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“It helps us overcome electronic warfare, jamming, acquire and strike targets in challenging conditions.
“Its capabilities are most notably demonstrated during special missions. Our operational experience confirms it as a truly effective system.”
