UAV, UGV, USV and Loitering Drones Thread

[Lolwa]

Just thought there's nothing about this anywhere on the forum. So creating a dedicated thread for the new arm.of warfare that is going to change and ruin warfare for the coming century.

My ranking for present Unmanned Drone manufacturers are as belows
1.) U.S
2.) Israel
3.) China
4.) Turkey
5.) Iran

These are the present known drone powers.

This thread is for discussing indigenous drone developments and also comparing foreign unmanned systems being developed.

 

[Lolwa]

Chinese drone development is not discussed. Some of their most use designs are as follows:

Ch-3

Its a rustom 1 class drone. 80 kg payload
For comparision the rustom 1 can carry 95 kg payload. 12 hours endurance


Ch-4 drone.
It's a mq-1 predator/rustom2 class drone

Payload capacity is 345kg for rustom 2 it's 350kg. 30 hours endurance


Next is Ch-5 drone

Mq-9 reaper class drone. 1000kg payload. 60 hours endurance.


Wing loong series drones

200 kg payload
Wing loong 2

480 kg payload

Wing loong 10/Cloud Shadow

Tengden TB-001 drone

WZ-7 drone

Mq-4c Triton equivalent although smaller in size and cheaper.

 

[Lolwa]

More of their UAV's in use
CASIC series drones

CASIC wj-700

Wj-500

Wj-600

Harbin BZK-500 drone

Tb-2 equivalent

Gj-11

There are even more designs that I might have missed but presently these are the ones in major use by the PLA. Not including loitering munitions and vtol UAV's

 

[Lolwa]

Chinese loiter munitions
Fh-901 loiter munition

Rainbow CH-901 Suicide Drone（CH-901 loitering munition）

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www.militarydrones.org.cn

 

[kharabela]

Drone show , republic day with 3500 Drones .

 

[kharabela]

Drone player Garuda Aerospace raises $22 mn( rs 180 cr ), largest funding in Indian drone sector​

Garuda Aerospace raises $22 Mn in Series A, turns profitable in FY22

Drone startup Garuda Aerospace has raised $22 million in its Series A round led by Venture Capital firm SphitiCap with the participation of other global investors, angels, and HNIs.

entrackr.com

Garuda Aerospace aims to sell 25,000 drones in the next 18 months and is looking forward to exporting 10,000 drones to about 100 countries in the next 15 months. The company will work with international firms in the aerospace and defence industries to scale up and conduct research and development in order to develop cutting-edge drone solutions for the armed services.

 

[kharabela]

A company of a Indian American Jaunt Air Mobility to launch electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations in India . They had last year tied up with L&T Technology Services Ltd to develop this urban air mobility (UAM) solution . recently bagged an order for up to 250 air taxis from FlyBlade India , an Indian chopper operator.

BLADE India and Jaunt Air Mobility Form Strategic Partnership to Launch Urban Air Mobility Operations in India

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from a PTI

www.theweek.in

Air taxis: Indian-American doctor’s company to start making flying taxis & drones in India by 2025 | India Business News - Times of India

India Business News: NEW DELHI: Air taxis made by Indian-American doctor-turned-businessman Chirinjeev Kathuria — who was the first desi to run for US Senate in 2004 — cou.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

[kharabela]

Was reading a article on future of Drone warfare and indian position in this feld in chanakya forum

India Needs A Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Revolution

ISR, combat, and autonomous UAVs sound exotic, but there is still some more time before they do the effective teaming work on a battlefield. That is good news for India. India must utilize this time and start working on fully autonomous systems and make it their core strength. Because...

chanakyaforum.com

 

[kharabela]

Cypriot company Swarmly will present a new armed unmanned surface vessel #USV, the B5 Hydra, at the upcoming
@DEFEA2023 defense exhibition held in Athens, Greece, in May .

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647847973936590848