Unmanned aerial vehicles zala aero. Information about the company ZALA AERO
The article presents unmanned aircrafts, as well as their control systems, demonstrated at the exhibition as part of the International Salon "Integrated Security 2013". Photos and short description with the characteristics of each device are attached.
Part 1 of the article describes the devices: the ZALA AERO group of companies ( ZALA 421-08, ZALA 421-16E, ZALA 421-16EM, ZALA 421-02, ZALA 421-21 and new ZALA 421-22); LLC "UVS AVIA" ( Granat-VA-200 /Microdrones md4-200/ and Granat VA-1000 /Microdrones md4-1000/); company "Transas" (new Filin-2) and the Geoscan company ( GeoScan 101).
1. Unmanned aerial vehicles of the ZALA AERO group of companies
The Zala Aero company presented unmanned aerial vehicles with a take-off weight from 1.5 to 95 kg, as well as ground control points for these vehicles.
Aircraft type ZALA 421-08, ZALA 421-16E, ZALA 421-16EM and helicopter type ZALA 421-02, ZALA 421-21, ZALA 421-22 were presented.
The only new product from this list is ZALA 421-22, which company representatives forbade photographing.
1.1 Aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle ZALA 421-08
ZALA 421-08 is part of a special remote monitoring complex, including
includes two aircraft, a compact control station, a spare set of batteries and a backpack container for carrying the UAV. This complex is intended for use in the first line of reconnaissance, for observing the surface of land and sea. The time to bring the complex into working condition is 5 minutes.
Basic performance characteristics of ZALA 421-08:
Video transmission range - 10 km (analog)
Radio command reception range - 10 km
Flight duration - 80 min
UAV wingspan - 0.82 m
UAV length - 0.44 m
Maximum take-off weight - 2.5 kg
Maximum flight altitude - 4000 m
Engine type - Electric
Speed 65-120 km/h
Navigation - GPS/GLONASS
1.2 Aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle ZALA 421-16E (on a catapult)
The UAV was tested in 2011.
Gyro-stabilized in three axes, the platform allows you to cover a large angular range when shooting. The video camera (thermal imager) has a built-in stabilization system and an independent spatial inertial system.
Basic performance characteristics of the ZALA 421-16E UAV
Radius of the radio control channel - 25/45 km
Flight duration - 3 hours
UAV wingspan - 2.95 m
UAV length - 2.95 m
Maximum flight altitude - 3500 m
Takeoff/landing - Catapult/parachute
Engine type - Electric
Speed - 60-100 km/h
Take-off weight - 10.5 kg
Navigation - GPS/GLONASS
Video/Photo/IR - PAL/ no less than 18 Mpix/640x512
Operating temperature range --30° ... +30°
1.3 Aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle ZALA 421-16EM
Zala-421-16EM (2012) is a modernization of the ZALA 421-16E and differs from its predecessor in a number of serious improvements both in the aerodynamics of the wing and in improving the target payload. Its main advantage is its reduced dimensions while maintaining high tactical and technical characteristics.
ZALA 421-16EM is launched using an elastic catapult, which increases the efficiency of deployment of the complex of which it is part. Reliability and ease of starting are increased due to integrated handles.
UAV automatic control system (autopilot): supports two flight modes: semi-automatic and automatic. The autopilot transmits in real time via radio communication GPS coordinates, supply voltage, angular position of the device in space, UAV speed, wind speed, flight altitude above the underlying surface from the starting point. If communication is lost, the autopilot automatically carries out the procedure for returning the UAV to the starting point.
The on-board radio system consists of a video information transmitter and a transceiver for telemetric information and control commands.
A digital or analog video transmitter (contract) is installed in the airframe.
A small-sized autonomous beacon (contract), built into the airframe, is a radio transmitter with a 170 mm long whip antenna and allows, during an emergency landing of a UAV out of sight, to detect it at a distance of up to 3 km.
UAV power source - battery
Powerplant - pusher propeller
The landing system (parachute) consists of a mechanism installed in the glider for opening the parachute compartment lid, a suspension, and a parachute with a compartment lid.
Replaceable target load (contract): video camera or thermal imager on a gyro-stabilized platform. A high-resolution camera can also be installed.
Main performance characteristics of the ZALA 421-16EM UAV:
Video image transmission range - 25 km (digital channel)
Radio command reception range: 50 km
Flight duration is 150 min.
Wing span -1.85 m
Maximum flight altitude from sea level is 3600 m
Working height above the underlying surface - 250...1200 m
Takeoff/landing - Catapult/parachute
Engine type - Electric
Speed - 65-110 km/h
Take-off weight - 5.48 kg
Navigation - GPS/GLONASS
Video/Photo/IR - PAL-HD/at least 18 Mpix/640x512
1.4 Helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicle ZALA 421-02
Quite an old model (2005)
Main performance characteristics of the ZALA 421-02 UAV:
Main rotor diameter, m 3.064
Length, m 2.64
Height, m 0.795
Width, m 0.56
Weight, kg empty 40, maximum take-off 95
Engine type 1 PD
Power, hp 1 x 20
Maximum speed, km/h 150
Cruising speed, km/h 80
Range, km 50
Flight duration, h 6
Practical ceiling, m 4000
1.5 Helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicle ZALA 421-21 “Seraphim”
ZALA 421-21 with hover mode allows you to transmit real-time video and receive aerial photographs. The camera gimbal system allows you to remotely control the camera's line of sight. The device is built according to a six-rotor design - six lifting screws are located at the corners of the flying platform. The propellers are rotated by electric motors that receive power from on-board batteries.
It is known for being used by the traffic police to search for stolen cars.
Main performance characteristics of the ZALA 421-21 UAV:
Video image transmission range - 2 km (analog)
Radio command reception range - 2 km
Flight duration: 30 minutes
UAV dimensions - 560x160x120 m
Maximum flight altitude from sea level - 2500 m
Working height above the underlying surface - 10...350 m
Takeoff/landing - Vertical
Engine type - Electric
Speed - 0-40 km/h
Take-off weight - 1.5 kg
Navigation - GPS/GLONASS
Video/Photo/IR - PAL/at least 12 Mpix/640x512
It was forbidden to photograph it, so I had to scan the advertising brochure (there is no photo on the Internet)
The design of the UAV is foldable, made of durable polycarbonate. The increased carrying capacity made it possible to place on the helicopter more capacious batteries, a powerful navigation system and a target load that was routinely developed for the aircraft-type ZALA UAV.
Main performance characteristics:
The range of the radio channel is 10 km
Flight duration is up to 40 minutes
Target load weight - 1.5 kg
Take-off weight - 8 kg
Take-off/landing - vertical automatic/semi-automatic.
Navigation-INS with SNS correction, radio
1.6 Portable ground control station
The ground control station is located in a special dust and waterproof plastic case, which is adapted for work in harsh conditions and contains a rugged portable PC, a recording device, a joystick and an antenna without a tripod. The touchscreen display of the laptop allows you to track the current position of the UAV on the map and control its flight using a set of virtual instruments and flight controls. The laptop has a built-in GPS receiver to determine the coordinates of a mobile NSU.
2. Unmanned aviation complexes LLC "YUVS AVIA" - "Granat"
Unmanned aerial systems of UVS AVIA LLC include a control station for unmanned aerial vehicles and UAVs Granat-VA-200 (Microdrones md4-200) or Granat VA-1000 (Microdrones md4-1000)
2.1 Unmanned aerial vehicle vertical take-off Grenade VA-1000 (Microdrones md4-1000)
The VA-1000 grenade (Microdrones md4-1000) is a vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The rotors of a helicopter rotate at the same speed while hovering. Changing position and height is achieved by orderly changing the speed of rotation of one or more rotors. The four brushless electric motors operate without a gearbox and are therefore different low level noise (< 68 дБА на удалении 3 м). БПЛА может летать с помощью remote control or autonomously based on the GPS navigation system - GLONASS.
Main performance characteristics of the "Granat VA-1000":
Rate of climb - 7.5 m/s
Cruising speed - 15.0 m/s
Maximum thrust - 118 N
Device weight approx. - 2650 g (depending on configuration)
Recommended load weight - 800 g
Maximum load weight - 1200 g
Maximum take-off weight - 5550 g
Dimensions - 1030 mm - distance between opposite electric motors Flight time up to 88 min.
Battery - 22.2V, 6S2P 12.2Ah. or 6S3P 18.3Ah. LiPo
Flight radius - 500 m - with remote control, 40 km - based on navigation system
2.2 Vertical take-off unmanned aerial vehicle Granat VA-200 (Microdrones md4-200)
Depending on the UAV configuration (barometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, accelerometer, photo and video cameras, etc.), batteries and meteorological conditions The flight duration of the Microdrones md4-200 UAV can be more than 30 minutes. With the help of additional video glasses you can fly beyond the visual range.
Main performance characteristics of the "Granat VA-200 (Microdrones md4-200)":
Rate of climb - 7 m/s
Cruising speed - 8 m/s
Maximum thrust - 15.5 N
Device weight - approx. 800 g (depending on configuration)
Recommended load weight - 200 g
Maximum load weight - 300 g
Maximum take-off weight - 1100 g
Dimensions - 540 mm - distance between opposite electric motors
Flight time - up to 30 minutes.
Battery - 14.8V, 4S LiPo, 2300 mAh
Flight radius -500m - with remote control, 6 km - based on navigation system
Maximum flight altitude - up to 4000 m above sea level
3. Emergency detection and forecasting complex of the Transas company Filin-2
The complex is designed for conducting aerial surveillance by on-board means of unmanned aerial vehicles, collecting and transmitting information about specified objects and areas with its subsequent processing and presentation of data to interested authorities.
Composition of the complex:
- unmanned aerial vehicle;
- catapult (in a car trailer);
- mobile control center.
3.1 Unmanned aerial vehicle "Filin-2"
The UAV was tested in April 2013. "Filin-2" is made according to a two-beam aerodynamic design with one imported piston engine with a power of 11 hp. With. with a pushing propeller. The launch weight of the drone is 60 kg.
3.2 Mobile center management
The aerial photography complex GeoScan 101 from Geoscan is designed for quickly obtaining orthophotos, elevation matrices and 3D models of terrain and individual objects.
Composition of the complex:
- GeoScan 101 UAV with Sony NEX-5 camera (7);
- Control center in the transport case;
- Catapult.
4.1 Unmanned aerial vehicle
Main performance characteristics:
Flight duration is up to 1 hour
Weight-2 kg
Cruising speed - 60 km/h
Wingspan - 130 cm
Maximum flight altitude - 3500 m
Engine type - electric
Flight range: up to 20 km
Launch from a catapult
Shooting area (per flight) - up to 3 square meters. km with a spatial resolution of 5 cm/pixel
Parachute landing
4.2 Control center in the transport case
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ZALA AERO GROUP
28.01.2014
The ZALA AERO group of companies won a competition for the supply of six multi-purpose systems with unmanned aerial vehicles to the structural units of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the state defense order, delivery of the complexes is scheduled until September 1, 2014, but the manufacturing plant intends to fulfill all the terms of the contract in the first half of this year.
All supplied UAV systems will operate on vehicles specially converted at the certified ZALA AERO auto repair center. Four of them are on all-wheel drive Ford Transit, two more complexes are on three-axle flatbed KamAZ trucks. The latter will go to the regions of Siberia to carry out work in difficult terrain.
The supplied unmanned aircraft - ZALA 421-16E, ZALA 421-16EM, ZALA 421-08M and helicopter-type UAVs ZALA 421-21 and ZALA 421-22 will be equipped with a module for holding and automatic target tracking (ZALA AC Module), as well as modern video and infrared cameras - Z-16ВКHD (HD video camera), Z-16IK35/On (thermal imager combined with a video camera), Z-21ВКHD (HD video camera with photography capabilities) and many others.
In addition to the above target loads, each complex will be equipped with a unique development of the company - the “Alarm-1” warning system, which, in the event of an emergency, emergency will allow air squads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to use UAVs to warn the population about the impending danger.
In accordance with the contract, in the units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Southern Siberia, Transbaikalia and the North-Western region, 6 new air squads will be created. The police will pass free education in a licensed Training center ZALA AERO GROUP and will receive qualification - operator ground means control of an unmanned aerial vehicle.
26.03.2014
The ZALA AERO group of companies plans to supply customers with at least 20 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) ZALA 421-22 helicopter-type vertical take-off and landing in 2014, deputy deputy told AviaPorto general director ZALA AERO Nikita Zakharov.
He noted that in 2013 the first 10 ZALA 421-22 drones were very quickly sold out, and this year it is planned to almost double the production. Currently, ZALA AERO has contracts and agreements for the supply of complexes to both law enforcement agencies and commercial customers.
In particular, there are orders from energy companies, interregional network companies for monitoring the condition of power lines (power lines), to determine the condition of insulators. Only these structures are planning to purchase three complexes with ZALA 421-22 this year. In addition, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as well as a number of potential customers who are already successfully operating UAVs of the ZALA 421-16E/EM type, are showing great interest in the complex with the ZALA 421-22 UAV, since they have unified payloads with the ZALA 421-22, said N. Zakharov.
It is already difficult to surprise with the variety of types and models of modern mini-drones - the number of proposed models is measured in tens, or even hundreds. You can not get lost in the crowd, you can withstand competition only by offering something new and original. As, for example, the Izhevsk company ZALA AERO, part of the Kalashnikov concern, did, launching a series silent aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle ZALA 421-16E2 with a hybrid power plant.
The basic model of the device, the ZALA 421-16 mini-UAV, was created taking into account the operating experience of previous ZALA complexes (including those also designed according to the “flying wing” scheme: ZALA 421-04M and ZALA 421-08) and the general needs of the Ministry of Defense, border service, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Emergency Situations, as well as civil organizations FEC.
An enlarged version of the UAV of the ZALA 421-16 family. According to some reports, this aircraft is already being used in combat operations in Syria.
Therefore, the emphasis in its development was on longer duration flight, necessary, for example, when patrolling borders or monitoring the condition of pipelines. In particular, on July 10, 2009, the UAV achieved a record flight time of 12 hours and 21 minutes. In addition, when designing the ZALA 421-16, low-visibility technologies were used, which makes it especially suitable for tasks solved in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry.
It is a direct competitor to the mini-UAV "Eleron-10D" of the Kazan JSC "ENICS" (2008, Valdai complex for the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation). The release of the ZALA 421-16 was a major step forward in the development of miniature drones, since thanks to its capabilities, this lightweight UAV almost eliminated the need for heavier ones. unmanned vehicles airfield based.
This UAV served as the basis for a number of subsequent options:
ZALA 421-16E5- operational-tactical complex aerial reconnaissance with an increased range of use to 150 km and an expanded range of payloads, equipped with an internal combustion engine;
ZALA 421-16E- option with a pusher engine (the place in front, which was previously occupied by the engine, was taken by a unified payload unit compatible with other types of UAVs, including helicopters);
ZALA 421-16EM- lightweight version up to 6.5 kg with launch using an elastic catapult.
“Younger Brother” - a lightweight version of the ZALA 421-16EM of the Kalashnikov Concern
The latest modification of this series was the ZALA 421-16E2 mini-UAV, which retained dimensions and technical components of the ZALA 421-16E model, but with a flight duration increased by another hour and the ability to transmit data over a distance of up to 70 km. In addition, the existing equipment (photo and video cameras, thermal imagers, gamma radiation detectors, speakers for voice notification of the population) was supplemented by an infrared video camera with optical zoom, which makes it possible to obtain high-quality images at night: for example, to see car license plates or detect burning peat bogs and etc.
No use is required to navigate the device. satellite systems navigation, since he himself can navigate in space using on-board sensors. In addition, ZALA 421-16E2 is controlled using a special controller via an encrypted data channel, which eliminates the possibility of signal interception.
But the most impressive feature of the ZALA 421-16E2 was the unique hybrid power plant tested on the device, which made it possible to significantly increase the flight range. It has two operating modes: normal and silent, which is especially important for law enforcement and environmental protection agencies. The essence of a hybrid installation is that the electricity to power the electric motor and the target load comes not from the batteries, but from the generator.
The generator, in turn, is connected to an internal combustion engine. Thus, the electric motor and internal combustion engine can work either independently or together, or the latter can be connected as needed (for example, during takeoff).
Projections of the UAV ZALA 421-16E of the Kalashnikov Concern
This device was first presented at the IDEX-2017 exhibition in Abu Dhabi and launched into mass production at the beginning of January, with the first deliveries to customers expected at the end of the current quarter. The complex was developed in strict secrecy for two years, after which at the end of 2016 it underwent factory tests and trial operation in the interests of the fuel and energy complex, having completed more than 1000 sorties. Ahead are state tests and tests by foreign customers. The presentation of ZALA 421-16E2 to the general public will be held at the MAKS-2017 exhibition in Zhukovsky near Moscow and at the Army 2017 forum in Kubinka.
