At the DSEI-2019 exhibition, the Vapor 35 and Vapor 55 drones for the European market are presented

In London, the exhibition of weapons, military equipment and civilian equipment DSEI-2019 continues. Several hundred companies from more than fifty countries of the world participate in it.

One of the areas of the exhibition is unmanned aerial vehicles and systems. So, the American company AeroVironment presented at the exhibition two new UAVs of vertical take-off and landing.

Among other things - the unmanned Vapor 35, which they plan to launch on the European market. This is a multi-purpose UAV with a length of only about 1,2 m and a rotor diameter of 1,1 m.

The manufacturer notes that compactness was paramount in the development of this device. The primary purpose of the Vapor 35 is presented as surveillance and reconnaissance. However, the UAV is also presented as a means of delivering the payload to hard-to-reach spots or on the battlefield. For example, an UAV can drop ammunition to a unit that is surrounded by an enemy. At the same time, the quantity of ammunition will obviously be very limited, since the mass of this aircraft is 14,5 kg.

A slightly higher take-off weight characteristic of another UAV of the same manufacturer. It's about the Vapor 55. The maximum take-off weight is limited to 10 kg, but this is "at the limit of possibilities." The standard lifting load is about 4,5 kg.

The flight is provided by an aerodynamic rotor with three blades, powered by energy from a lithium-polymer battery. Autonomous flight - 60 minutes.

The company does not hide that one of the main tasks for itself at the said exhibition is the implementation of the indicated UAVs among NATO countries, primarily European ones. In the USA, Vapor 35 is already in operation.

Comments

[Mavrikiy]

Vapor 35 and Vapor 55 drones for the European market The flight is provided by an aerodynamic rotor with three blades, powered by a lithium-polymer battery. Autonomous flight - 60 minutes ..

For rich Pinocchio. Common crap, but the price ....

However, the UAV is also presented as a means of delivering the payload to hard-to-reach spots or on the battlefield. For example, an UAV can drop ammunition to a unit that is surrounded by an enemy. At the same time, the quantity of ammunition will obviously be very limited, since the mass of this aircraft is 14,5 kg.

There is enough load on the toilet paper, and more .....

[olhon]

removed from the language

[KVU-NSVD]

Quote: Mavrikiy

There is enough load on the toilet paper, and more .....

You shouldn't be so. It depends on what you want to deliver - for example, medicines, batteries, spare parts, reports "not for air" ... In general, the quantity and tactics of application play a role. For example, a hundred of these birds can deliver half a ton of ammunition to the encircled unit at a time, and count it in the air bridge mode ... And block such a supply channel och. difficult, if not real.

[g1washntwn]

"A hundred of these birds" - you turned it down. Running a dozen at a time is good. But this is from strength and only critical medicines for the wounded, if we are talking about the battlefield. To deliver ammunition, you need a platform with a GP, maybe, therefore, to deliver ammunition, you need to throw a lot at once. Small UAVs scurrying back and forth will surely attract attention with appropriate countermeasures.

[KVU-NSVD]

Quote: g1washntwn

To deliver ammunition, you need a platform with GP more

Large sizes, in addition to the advantage of carrying capacity, have a drawback - it is necessary to bring down one unit with all the load at once. According to popular wisdom, the big ones fall with a roar. In general, there are different situations in a war — sometimes it takes a lot at once, and sometimes it is better a little bit, but continuously. The concept of using drones in general, and for transport functions in particular, is only in its infancy and it is impossible to predict the final results of this evolution. About a hundred, of course, he turned down, but a dozen can supply to platoon in bridge mode and knocking them down is quite problematic, especially if around the building, thickets, cliffs, etc., and drones use them when choosing a route for cover, and you also need to hear UAVs with an electric motor . And they scurry here from different directions.

[g1washntwn]

The bridge mode requires quite serious AI capabilities, since the telecontrol mode or purely navigation routes are fired by electronic warfare and your entire bridge begins to supply ammunition to the swamp and tree crowns. All those pretties from massive drone shows are de facto remote control from a single central office. In addition, such delivery of ammunition clearly implies a situation where the unit is in a VERY disadvantageous position where air delivery is the only option. It follows that such a fuss around the squeezed unit will most likely be revealed where a unit has more chances to be detected than a swarm, and then, as I already wrote, it’s a matter of technology. And without fire and electronic warfare counteraction, such a bridge is all the more unjustifiably complicated and expensive.

[g1washntwn]

Pup. One has less chance of being detected and a higher chance of stealthily slipping through. The swarm in such a situation is a statically constant value for the means of observation.

[KVU-NSVD]

I answer: 1) EW is not everywhere and following the route can be carried out without external control, but according to a pre-arranged route 2) The situations are different and often the supply of units by air is the only possible 3) Small devices do not need to fly in a heap (pah, swarm) - routes can be chosen from different directions 4) one large one is easier to spot than a dozen small ones 5) The chances of delivering at least part of the cargo for a dozen small ones are higher than for one large one.

[g1washntwn]

1) return to the disposition where you need air delivery, there may not be any discreet approaches to the surrounded unit
2), see 1
3) today and even tomorrow only telecontrol, AI elements are not so smart yet
4) debatable, we return to the element of surprise and constant fuss about the position of small UAVs
5) see 4, 3, 2, 1

[KVU-NSVD]

Quote: g1washntwn

there can be no discreet approaches to the surrounded unit

Here I agree - it happens - the desert, steppe, island. But here no drones will help. With modern technology in the open, regardless of the weather and time of day, any drones the enemy will drop as if in a dash. Here we must think about the deblockade or evacuation without delay.

[g1washntwn]

In open areas, only kamikaze drones or drones for remote mining can be useful. It is clear that these solutions should be cheap and massive. Discussed do not apply to them (until they have become cheaper).
Flying platforms for the evacuation of the wounded (and there are such options being worked out) are also vulnerable and do not fall under this class of small ones, plus at least they should be with the appropriate coloring and identification marks.
(minus is not mine, because I prefer dialogue)

[KVU-NSVD]

Zhora, do not worry about those disadvantages , I do not care . It is interesting to argue with those who disagree - the main thing is that you would feel a thought and there is no rudeness ... although I myself sometimes sin ... if I see that the interlocutor is a troll troll

[Mavrikiy]

Quote: KVU-NSVD

Quote: Mavrikiy

There is enough load on the toilet paper, and more .....

You shouldn’t be so. Watching what needs to be delivered - for example medicines, batteries, spare parts, reports "off the air" ... In general, the quantity and tactics of application play a role. For example, a hundred of these birds can deliver half a ton of ammunition to the encircled unit at a time, and count it in the air bridge mode ... And block such a supply channel och. difficult, if not real.

Kindergarten, junior group. This kind of flourishes in skakuas. Spare parts - prosthesis? batteries - by parachute? machine guns will be stitched more than once. Medicines - 3 liters of blood? 100 "birds" - gave out their belongings - 500 kg BZ, and one container 500 kg from the Hunter or similar once. 100 freaks ... to the goal and half will not reach, the batteries will oxidize.

[olhon]

A pack of diapers can be discarded and that’s good ...

[rocket757]

Beautiful, interesting, promising ..... when new sources of energy are created, it will be very important.
Work on the topic NECESSARY! What would then not catch up.

[Alien From]

Here you are right! All the last time we are only catching up and playing !! But in fact, the future of drones!

[rocket757]

Quote: Alien From

Here you are right! All the last time we are only catching up and playing !! But in fact, the future of drones!

A lot of inventions and devices are being created, which in the future will be everyday, necessary! All are constrained by the lack of technological breakthrough in creating compact, powerful, reliable energy sources!
That's as soon as so, and immediately trample.
And then it certainly happens, who did not have time, he was late !!!

[Alien From]

Plus, definitely!))

[Operator]

"aerodynamic rotor with three blades" - rotor, not?

[Alex_Bora]

4,5 kg payload per 10 kg take-off weight - very good! So, there are guidelines, we must comply.