We continue to make selections of the most interesting things of the week for you. And here is another one, let’s fly.
About new products.
◾️ A spherical drone for weather research has been developed in Novosibirsk. It is shaped this way so that air flows flow better around the device.
◾️ MAI is creating a commercial version of the Kontur system, which is a drone for security, and is also making the Scout UAS with a neural network on board.
◾️ Yaroslavl developers have created a foam plastic UAV of the “flying wing” type, which can be both a reconnaissance aircraft and an attack drone, carrying missiles on board.
✈️ About laws.
◾️ Fuel and energy workers will be allowed to cause harm to drones and third parties; the corresponding bill has been adopted in the first reading. And it is very controversial.
◾️ In the Nizhny Novgorod region, they are planning to reduce taxes for UAS manufacturers several times; local deputies will vote for the law.
◾️ And in the Kaluga region, fines of up to 200 thousand rubles were introduced for publishing photos and videos of enemy drones.
✈️ About money.
◾️ We collected information on the revenue of domestic UAV manufacturers. It mostly grew sharply in 2023, although not for all of them.
◾️ Experts have calculated the benefits of using UAS in various industries, and they have proven to be colossal. However, the bureaucratic procedures involved in operating UAS reduce all the benefits to zero.
◾️ In St. Petersburg, they will spend more than 5 billion rubles on the R&D center for BAS. We tell you what they are going to build there.
✈️ About training.
◾️ We have translated the textbook “Countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles” into Russian for you. It is quite possible that you will find something interesting for yourself in it.
✈️ About them.
◾️ The “tethered” drone from Hoverfly can “hover” in the air for up to 1,500 hours. We told you a little more about it.
◾️ But such drones can also be used as “refueling aircraft” to recharge other drones.
◾️ In Texas, police have begun using drones that are the first to arrive at a crime scene and conduct reconnaissance.
◾️ The British military in the Gulf of Oman has begun the first flight tests of the Peregrine UAV.
◾️ But the US military drone that was supposed to “revolutionise” is being decommissioned.
◾️ And the Chinese have figured out how to detect even small drones and stealth aircraft using Starlink signals.
