Destinus became known just a year ago with its hypersonic commercial aircraft project presented at the Paris Air Showthen vivatech. The Swiss startup, which now has an office in Paris, is also active in the military. This company created by the Russian Mikhail Kokorich also supplied Ukraine with hundreds of drones in the utmost secrecy.
Destinus first developed the Lord, a drone designed for intelligence, jamming and electromagnetic interception. This model does not have GPS and is not controlled remotely. An artificial intelligence analyzes the terrain over which it flies.
Locate and destroy Russian drones
A more sophisticated model, the Hornet, is being prepared, as the manager revealed to BFM Business last January. During an interview with the Finnish media Yle, Mikhail Kokorich gave details of this program, which not only aims to carry out mapping or serve as a telecommunications repeater. The Hornet will also be able to destroy Russian drones in flight thanks to AI that will allow it to track them.
An unmanned fighter plane
In this interview with the Finnish press, Mikhail Kokorich states that he wants to go even further. The manager announces that within 3 to 5 years he will begin production of the Destinus G, a new generation of drones. It would be an unmanned combat aircraft capable of carrying out combat missions. It could become a shield against enemy aircraft and subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic missiles. This supersonic drone can be piloted remotely or via AI.
Mikhail Kokorich has quite an amazing career. This Russian engineer from Siberia left Russia after Vladimir Putin came to power. He officially announced on X (formerly Twitter) his decision to renounce his Russian citizenship.
He first settled in the United States before moving to Switzerland to launch the start-up Destinus in 2021, whose headquarters are now in France. Michael Friedlingformer general of the Air and Space Force and first commander of Space (2019 to 2022), he joined the board of directors of the start-up that employs 170 people and has factories in Munich, Madrid and Hengelo, in the Netherlands.
Source: BFM TV
