The Moscow Military District has begun training reservists to operate FPV interceptor drones for the protection of infrastructure facilities. The program is already underway, the district’s press service told TASS.

Reservists who passed the selection process and volunteered to take part in protecting the airspace over the capital region have joined the training.

The course covers the technical features and capabilities of FPV interceptor drones as well as practical control skills. Operators first practice on specialized simulators before moving on to real flights at training grounds.

Once trained, the new units will become part of the district’s layered air defense system. According to the Moscow Military District, FPV interceptor teams will operate alongside air defense forces, mobile fire groups and air observation posts. Their role will be to strengthen the protection of the district’s airspace and critical infrastructure.

The effort follows a broader expansion of anti-drone units in the Russian Armed Forces. In late June, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov said mobile fire groups equipped primarily with FPV interceptors were being introduced on a large scale to counter unmanned aerial vehicles.

At the same time, the military is building a unified digital system for sharing information on drone attacks. Belousov said the common information database has been under development since April. Under the current approach, radar stations are expected to transmit their data into the shared network, and a radar whose information does not enter that system is considered ineffective.