UAVs in Russian Armed Forces: News #2

dino00 wrote:The board they looking at
Looks supersonic

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Acc to #Turkish magazine Türk Havacılık Haberleri ve Diğer Canavarlar, published by the Turkish Aviation Industry Association, #Russian company from Nizhny Novgorod will start joint production of Turkish reconnaissance and attack UAV Bayraktar TB2 in #Russia

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Bet that Russian company from Nizhny Novgorod is surprised as well. Have to cut them some slack though - its April fools.

A unique method of targeting attack drones was tested in Syria


MOSCOW, 4 APR-RIA Novosti. InSyria tested unique technology guidance newest tactical strike drones "Pacer" on terrorist targets with upgraded wearable complex intelligence, control and communications (CRUZ), "Sagittarius-M", as a result managed to achieve high levels of efficiency and accuracy targets in real time, reported RIA Novosti a source in the Russian defence industrial complex.

The interlocutor of the Agency did not specify when the tests were conducted, but noted that "Pacer drones also struck targets that were newly detected using the Strelets-M cruise missile SYSTEM, information about the coordinates of which was sent by ground units via communication channels to the drone control center and higher command in real time."

According to the source, ground scouts use the devices of the Sagittarius system to detect the target, display it against the background of an electronic map on a tablet with parameters and exact coordinates. This can be a tank, a cluster of armored vehicles or enemy personnel, an artillery position, a command post, and so on. Information about the target is transmitted via a secure communication channel to relevant control nodes, which assign the task of destroying the object to the nearest free-strike UAV.

"The option was also implemented with transmitting the exact coordinates of targets directly to the ground control point of attack UAVs with automatic display of the target on the electronic map of the UAV operator's area," the source added.

The source said that CRUZ does not yet allow you to directly control combat drones, the operator is engaged in this. "However, in the future, when a sufficient level of automation of domestic UAVs is achieved, it is possible that the Strelets cruise missile SYSTEM or its versions will allow ground forces to provide target designation for attack drones directly, "he explained.
In 2017, the General staff reported that the Russian military during the anti-terrorist operation in Syria managed to achieve the accuracy of "one target - one bomb". According to the chief of the General staff Valery Gerasimov, a reconnaissance and strike circuit was actively used in the near-range zone of fire damage as part of the Strelets reconnaissance, control and communications complex and the su-24M bomber.

As noted by the Minister of defenseSergei Shoigu, "Sagittarius" allows you to hit targets almost in real time, 8-12 minutes after their detection.
The medium-altitude long-duration strike drone Pacer, also known as Orion, was developed by the company "Kronstadt" commissioned by the Ministry of defense. The device can stay in the air for up to a day. Its maximum take-off weight is 1,100 kilograms, and its combat load is up to 250 kilograms. Orion is capable of using small-sized guided missiles and guided aerial bombs against ground targets.

In particular, one of the "Orions" made 38 sorties in Syria, including 17 with strikes on terrorist targets.

As noted by the Minister of defenseSergei Shoigu, "Sagittarius" allows you to hit targets almost in real time, 8-12 minutes after their detection.
The medium-altitude long-duration strike drone Pacer, also known as Orion, was developed by the company "Kronstadt" commissioned by the Ministry of defense. The device can stay in the air for up to a day. Its maximum take-off weight is 1,100 kilograms, and its combat load is up to 250 kilograms. Orion is capable of using small-sized guided missiles and guided aerial bombs against ground targets.

In particular, one of the "Orions" made 38 sorties in Syria, including 17 with strikes on terrorist targets.

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Russia develops world’s first light drone with hybrid engine

Work continues on a unified armament system for UAVs of different classes. The complex will include unguided, corrected and guided aerial bombs up to 100 kilograms in caliber, as well as guided air-to-surface missiles

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Russia develops world’s first light drone with hybrid engine

The hybrid powerplant boosts the drone’s flight duration

MOSCOW, April 15. /TASS/. Russia’s ZALA Aero (part of the Kalashnikov Group within the state tech corporation Rostec) has developed the world’s first light unmanned aircraft ZALA 421-16E5G outfitted with a hybrid powerplant combining an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, ZALA Aero Special Projects Head Nikita Khamitov told TASS during the drone’s presentation on Thursday.

"We have been the first in the world to combine an internal combustion engine and an electric motor in this class of drones. The company has made a sequential hybrid: during the flight the internal combustion engine is not the main driving force but feeds the generator and the buffer battery. This, in turn, supplies power to all onboard systems and assemblies, including the electric motor," Khamitov said.

The hybrid powerplant boosts the drone’s flight duration compared to similar unmanned aerial vehicles, he said.

"Thanks to this scheme, we have achieved a flight time of over 16 hours and have provided a possibility to operate over an object of interest in a completely silent mode," Khamitov noted.

The drone’s serial production has already begun, he said. "A customer is already available. The serial production has already been launched," he added.

The ZALA Aero production capacities allow producing up to 300 various drones a year, he added.

The ZALA 421-16E5G is the world’s first unmanned aircraft without an airfield base outfitted with a hybrid powerplant of an electric motor and an internal combustion engine. The drone is positioned as an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

"The payload allows using target acquisition, communications relay and 2G, 3G and 4G mobile network monitoring systems. It can conduct radio-technical reconnaissance in the area and identify mobile phones and their location and also relay communications to several dozen kilometers," Khamitov added.

https://tass.com/defense/1278443

LMFS wrote:Construction of a factory for the production of attack drones has begun in Russia

MOSCOW, April 16-RIA Novosti. "Kronshtadt" started construction of the first in theThe company's press service told RIA Novosti that the company plans to build a specialized plant for mass production of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Russia.
Company "Kronshtadtis the developer and manufacturer of the Pacer attack UAV (also known as Orion). Such vehicles can carry up to 200 kilograms of combat load and were used inSyria to launch strikes against international terrorists. There are also intelligence and civilian versions of the device.
"The Kronshtadt company started construction inDubna is Russia's first factory for mass production of unmanned aerial vehicles. The plant will be built in record time - the start of production is scheduled for November 2021, " the press service said.
They specified that " investments in the project will amount to more than 4 billion rubles." The company also added that the company will provide permanent employment for more than 1.5 thousand people and will send over 900 million rubles of annual tax deductions to the budget. The production will be environmentally friendly and silent, its total area will be 45 thousand square meters.

As noted by the general director of "Kronshtadt" Sergey Bogatikov, whose words are quoted in the press service, the company faces very tight deadlines, but "everything possible and impossible will be done to meet them." "We considered different sites and decided on Dubna. Dubna is a famous science city, with a well - developed industry and manufacturing facilities, and significant enterprises for the country," the head of the company added.
As a high-ranking source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti in turn, " the new production will allow us to close the need for Pacer drones both from the Ministry of Defense and other customers."

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