Escadrone

Escadrone is a Ukrainian non-profit group formed in 2022 to manufacture FPV attack drones — its name a portmanteau of the Ukrainian eskadron (cavalry squadron) and “drone.” Its mainstay is the Pegasus, a low-cost first-person-view strike drone carrying roughly a 1 kg warhead; by May 2023 the group was producing around 1,000 Pegasus units a month at under $500 each, focusing on driving down cost and squeezing performance out of established 7-, 8- and 10-inch airframes rather than chasing new designs.

The group later moved into heavier payloads with the Mammoth, a heavy-lift FPV drone that carries up to 4 kg to about 12 km, or a lighter 1.5 kg warhead out to roughly 30 km — roughly double the payload of mainstream production FPVs at the time, for an expected cost near $700. The Mammoth has been used in combat by Ukrainian units in the Kherson region. Escadrone is one of the volunteer-rooted Ukrainian FPV makers — alongside firms such as Wild Hornets — that scaled improvised production into steady frontline supply.