Valkyrie bomber drones are being assembled in Lviv for $3,300 (video)
Better is then DJI Mavics
Engineers claim that inexpensive quadcopters are protected from EW and work more efficiently than commercial models.
Andriy Budzynskyi and Yaroslav Gorskyi, from Lviv, have developed the Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle for bombing Russian troops for the Ukrainian military. They revealed the specifications and features of the drone on Facebook.
‘Valkyrie’ is a large quadcopter equipped with a 3-axis gimbal camera with 4K video recording and 6x zoom, which can be supplemented with a thermal imager. The drone is designed to carry and drop ammunition, it can fly up to 16 km with a projectile weighing 1 kg, and up to 12 km with a 2-kilogram ‘gift’. The reset system has two independent mechanisms that can be controlled separately.
The developers claim that their model is more energy efficient than many commercial drones, and therefore better at delivering projectiles. Together with the military, they tested the operation of ‘Valkyrie’ in conditions of radio interference and proved that it better resists the electronic warfare system than products from Autel and DJI.
The cost of one drone is $3300. Currently, Lviv engineers are collecting funds for the transfer of ‘Valkyries’ to the soldiers of the 503rd separate battalion of the Marines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Yaroslav Gorsky noted on Facebook that they have already managed to purchase components for two drones.
Characteristics of the Valkyrie drone
- Flight duration: up to 55 minutes;
- Payload weight: up to 3 kg;
- Maximum flight range: 20 km;
- Communication range: 10 km
Previously, they wrote about another UAV called ‘Valkyrie’, which also helps attack Russian troops. In July, an unmanned complex destroyed an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Donetsk region, where shells for the Uragan MLRS were lying.
On December 26, the head of the Kirovohrad Regional Council, Serhii Shulga, announced that a new Ukrainian drone was developed in Kropyvnytskyi by the forces of the Voluntary Defense Forces group. The device was tested and handed over to the Special Defense Forces.
