Synytsia · Remote control system for cars
Remote-Driven Vehicles for Military Logistics and Evacuation
Synytsia is a remote control system for cars. With it, an ordinary car with an automatic transmission becomes a remotely driven vehicle that carries supplies and evacuates people along routes in the combat zone exposed to enemy FPV drones, while the operator stays in cover with a standard joystick, the same kind used for drones and other UGVs.
In use in the combat zone
Cars fitted with Synytsia already deliver cargo in the combat zone in Ukraine.
- 2
- Land Rover Freelanders fitted with Synytsia
- Tonnes
- of critical cargo delivered
- 2× cheaper
- than a UGV, car included
Cars fitted with the Synytsia remote control system have already completed important missions in some of the most exposed places in the combat zone, close to the front line, delivering tonnes of critical cargo without putting soldiers’ lives or health at risk. The photographs and footage on this page are of these vehicles.
Field footage
Videos and photographs from real missions.
Missions
Where a vehicle has to go and nobody should have to drive it.
Near the front line, the most dangerous part of a supply or evacuation run is often the road itself. A remote controlled vehicle takes the driver off that road.
Logistics
Ammunition, water, food, fuel and equipment delivered to positions over the stretch of road that drones watch.
Evacuation
The vehicle is sent forward to bring people back, without putting another driver on the same road.
How it works
A driver for the safe part. An operator for the rest.
Install Synytsia in an ordinary car
The Synytsia system installs into a car with an automatic transmission. Normal driving is preserved: the same car can still be driven by hand.
Drive normally where it is safe
A driver takes the vehicle through the safe part of the route the usual way, then stops, switches to remote mode and gets out.
Hand over for the dangerous section
A remote operator takes control and drives the vehicle through the dangerous section with a joystick, watching the onboard cameras from cover. The handover is quick, in both directions.
Advantages
Simple, low-cost, and familiar to drone and UGV operators.
An ordinary car, a simple system
Any suitable car with an automatic transmission, not a purpose-built platform. The system installs simply, the car keeps its normal controls, and cars like it are easy to find and repair.
Half the cost of a UGV
At least two times cheaper than a UGV, the car included. If a vehicle is lost, the loss is equipment, not a life.
Long range
Range is set by the car’s fuel tank, far beyond that of a typical UGV.
A standard joystick
Operators drive with the same kind of FPV joystick used for drones and other UGVs, so there is little to learn.
Stops itself on link loss
If the control link drops, the vehicle eases off, then brakes and holds. It does not keep driving on its last command.
Flexible connectivity
Works over Starlink, mobile networks (3G/4G/5G) and encrypted radio links.
Contact
Talk to the team.
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