By the fall of 2023, the Ukrainian war had developed a situation where due to the activity of the Russian attack drones, Ukrainian units began to look for solutions to evacuate their wounded with the least possible risk for fighting soldiers and medical personnel.

Previously Ukrainian units had two main solutions for MEDEVAC and CASEVAC:

1. Some vehicle, sometimes an APC came close to the contact line and transported the wounded fighter some 5-10 km back to the safety. However, the enemy FPV drones are equally successful against armed and soft-skin vehicles. From the enemy’s point of view, this is a very cost-effective attack. Our conclusion said, that the transport for wounded should be smaller in size and less interesting as a target.

2. Often the wounded soldier is carried by fellow soldiers often even as far as 4-5 km. Again a carriyng party of 4-5 soldiers become a interesting target for the enemy. At the same time, those soldiers are taken out from the fighting force even if their transporting mission is a success. Our conclusion – the hottest phase of the MEDEVAC, the first 1-5 km should be automated so that the miinimum number of personel would be tasked to the mission.