Group of companies Kalashnikov presented the first domestic drone with a hybrid power plant. This ZALA 421-16E5G unmanned air complex is able to stay in the air for a considerable time and is also absolutely silent. Serial production of the drone has already started. The company's production capacity allows it to produce 300 drones of different types per year.
The wingspan of this airplane type drone is 4640 mm. ZALA 421-16E5G & nbsp; equipped with a hybrid power plant, where the internal combustion engine & nbsp; powers the starter generator and charges the battery. & nbsp; Push screw motor lifts the drones and at the same time operates silently. A battery charge lasts 1 hour. Battery recharge time in the air is two hours. Thanks to this scheme, the flight time is over 16 hours, and it has also become possible to work on the object of interest in a completely silent mode.
ZALA 421-16E5G is positioned & nbsp; as & nbsp; recognition & nbsp; drone. It & nbsp; is capable of & nbsp; apply & nbsp; systems & nbsp; target designation, relay & nbsp; communication, surveillance & nbsp; cellular networks 2G, 3G, 4G. Also & nbsp; the device can & nbsp; contain & nbsp; radio engineering & nbsp; intelligence & nbsp; in & nbsp; area & nbsp; and & nbsp; identify & nbsp; cellular & nbsp; phones and their location. & nbsp;
In addition, this drone is designed to maintain reconnaissance flights at distances greater than 100 km. The drone is equipped with an HD thermal camera and a FullHD 60x video camera. The on-board computer installed with elements of artificial intelligence allows video navigation, object recognition, complete radio silence, recording of all communication channels and decryption in line. The drone can transmit videos and photos & nbsp; via encrypted communication channels.
According to experts, although the presented drone is declared suitable for use in the Russian military, it is rather more suitable for use in the civilian sphere. Despite its characteristics, it is too expensive, and the military needs cheaper, mass-produced drones capable of performing reconnaissance functions, and the loss of which will not be so noticeable. At the same time, many companies working in the north of the country will gladly buy such a drone to monitor, for example, pipelines, etc. & nbsp;