UAVs in Russian Armed Forces: News #3

Russian company Iksarus develops simulator with VR glasses for learning to pilot drones, 09.05.2023.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian technology company Iksarus has developed a flight simulator with the Viarus virtual reality goggle to learn how to operate FPV drones, the National Technology Initiative (NTI) platform has announced.

"We developed a simulator with our Viarus virtual reality glasses in order to teach how to pilot drones," Mikhail Sinakin, head of the project and executive director of Iksarus, said in the NTI statement.

Viarus integrates with the controls with the help of USB type-C cables and the pilot with the virtual reality goggle operates the virtual drone, as if he were driving a real drone, Sinakin added.

The developers of the innovation stressed that VR glasses are almost no different from the FPV glasses that are used in drone flight.

"Flying a real drone produces the feeling of dizziness. The image of the drone moves in space, while the operator does not. And this creates a conflict between the visual channel and the vestibular system, and hence the dizziness," Sinakin explained.

The Iksarus simulator is used precisely to exercise the vestibular system with a three-stage programme.

From the NTI detailed that the electronic part of the simulator is completely ready and the developers plan to launch in the coming days another simulator for military use with the Viarus virtual reality viewer.

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https://sputniknews.lat/20230905/la-rusa-iksarus-desarrolla-simulador-con-gafa-rv-para-aprender-a-pilotar-drones-1143374467.html

5kg is quite a big one for this type of ammo.
I seriously consider that Lancet proved to be too weak for the task.
Nothing wrong with that, it was designed to minimize collateral damage, with targets like a car or individual in mind. The fact that they managed to use it against such a variety of targets, heavily armored included, speaks very well about the system.

https://tass.com/defense/1674699

Russia develops Vorobey mini-drone for strikes on armored vehicles — engineering executive
Andrey Bratenkov named low cost and mass as the advantages of the new FPV drone
MOSCOW, September 14. /TASS/. Russian specialists have developed an FPV drone, dubbed Vorobey (Sparrow), weighing 1.3 kilos with a 500-gram ordnance round for making strikes on armored vehicles, Andrey Bratenkov, executive director of the Spektr engineering firm, told TASS.

He said that the drone, which carries a cumulative payload developed by a Russian research institute, had been successfully tested in the special military operation zone. According to Bratenkov, these drones will be deployed in combat in the near future, thus ensuring greater efficiency due to their lower mass and heightened effectiveness.

"The round of ordnance weighs about 500 grams and is capable of penetrating armor of up to 200 mm [thick]. As a result, in terms of its properties, the Vorobey drone turns out to be a mini-Lancet. The first batch of drones and ordnance has already been handed over for use in the special [military] operation zone," Bratenkov said. The drone weighs 1.3 kilos and has a maximum flight range of up to 5 kilometers.

The specialist named low cost and mass as the advantages of the new FPV drone. "Vorobey has turned out to have quite a ‘bite,’ because it can break through armored hardware. Its prime cost is much lower than that of the Lancet, about 150,000 rubles (about $1,500 - TASS). The drone is small and its length is about nine inches. One cannot drag a Lancet to the frontline on foot, while it is possible to carry about 10 Vorobey drones without any particular effort and the effectiveness is much greater this way," Bratenkov said.

The Spektr engineering firm, headquartered in Novosibirsk, develops and produces unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As reported earlier, the company has provided its Yozhik (Hedgehog) ground drone to be used for reconnaissance purposes in the special military operation.

Want to know the diameter and speed for creativity purposes, this kind of weapon makes war look more fun to the point of forgetting fear.

people are comparing this drone to the switchblade 300, it has 3 times the range than switchblade with a 50 meter higher altitude, weighs less, switchblade 300 warhead is equivalent to a 40mm grenade which is 239 grams, this drone is like 500g of explosive with plans to bump it up to 2kg

thanks to Belisarius post on the other thread.

🛸 Lancet hit a Ukrainian mig-29 at Krivoy Rog airfield.

47.9021719, 33.5212766

🧐 The airport is around 66 km far.

‍� Not sure if the Aircraft is operational.
https://t.me/VampireSix/629

close to being a stealth drone if it wasn't for the propeller in the front and winglets.



MOSCOW, September 20 - RIA Novosti. The Russian company ZALA AERO has created an analogue of the Geranium kamikaze drone, called Italmas, the TV channel reported "Russia 1".
As noted in the plot of the TV channel, the new loitering ammunition has a shape similar to the Geranium and is also equipped with an internal combustion engine. Fuel is poured into the wing tanks of the drone. The drone is a completely domestic development.
According to the general designer of the company "Aeroscan" Alexander Zakharov, the new drone has a range of up to 200 kilometers.

it truely a drone month lol

https://tass.com/defense/1676707


MOSCOW, September 19. /TASS/. Russia will increase several-fold the production of the Lantset and Kub kamikaze drones as well as the Takhion and Granat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a senior manager at the state-run tech corporation Rostec told reporters on Tuesday.

"Capacities for the production of UAVs have been expanded, which will help us multiply the manufacturing of the Kub, Lantset, Granat, Takhion and other UAVs," said Bekkhan Ozdoyev, Rostec’s industrial director of the cluster of weapons, ammunition and special chemistry.

He also reiterated plans to double the production of the Kitolov, Strela and Vikhr missiles as well as the 9M333 guided missile.

The Russian Defense Ministry has regularly reported the elimination of targets with the use of the Kub and Lantset kamikaze drones in the course of the special military operation. Also, Russia has reportedly used the Takhion drone to detect from air secret positions of Ukrainian troops.

Geez we might all want to relook news sources from the army forum we overlooked.

https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/18526267?ysclid=lmsonv8uok698825001

At the Army-2023 forum, the Granat-PG bomber drone was shown for the first time
The range of the device is up to 5 km, the flight speed is up to 140 km / h
PATRIOT PARK /Moscow region/, August 17. /TASS/. The Granat-PG attack unmanned aerial system bomber was first presented at the Army-2023 International Military-Technical Forum. This was reported to TASS by the Astrohn Optical-Mechanical Design Bureau (OKB).

Rostec noted the increased effectiveness of Pantsir-S against Storm Shadow
The demining machine "Foliage" will receive a more powerful microwave gun

"For the first time, we are showing the Granat-PG strike bomber complex. The device is designed to strike with the PG-7VL anti-tank grenade. This is good old ammunition, which is always available to Russian units, the complex is good because the military will not have problems finding a warhead. "Granat-PG" is successfully used in the zone of the special operation," the Astrohn Design Bureau said.

The Design Bureau noted that the complex is one of the FPV drones (first-person view). "A high-resolution thermal imaging camera mounted on the product allows you to recognize a person's figure at a distance of up to 200 m and a car at a distance of up to 500 m," the TASS source said.

The range of the device is up to 5 km. The flight speed is up to 140 km / h, the payload weight is up to 1.6 kg. "The device is controlled via secure communication channels, which makes it resistant to enemy electronic warfare," the design bureau said.