GUR showed a “stuffing” of a new Russian drone for finding and overloading Ukrainian air defense

Eugene Gubin Defense News Editor. General experience in journalism is over 18 years. I admire technologies, space and adore dogs.

GUR MO of Ukraine in the section “Components in the weapon” portal War & Sanctions published components a new UAV, which is now used by the Russian Federation as a scout and a false goal to identify the positions of Ukrainian air defense and its overload. According to some data, it can also bear the combat part of up to 15 kg, according to the management message.

According to GUR, the apparatus has a Delta-Krylo fuselage similar to Shahd-136 (“Gayran-2”), but much smaller. Management claims that all components and blocks of Chinese origin.

UAV CBTS.611000 (Sample # 1)

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“Almost half of them: a flight controller with autopilot, navigation modules and antennas, aerial velocity sensor and a Pito tube – from one Chinese company Cuav Technology, which specializes in research, development and production of system modules and UAVs,” the message said.

UAV CBTS.611000 (Sample # 2)

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The GUR reminded that in October 2022 the company announced the restriction of supply of its products to Ukraine and the Russian Federation in order to prevent its use for military purposes. However, the management noted that in 2023, the Russian Federation presented UAVs of the vertical takeoff of allegedly own development – the one that was the product of Cuav Technology, accessible on Aliexpress.

“In addition to Cuav products, such UAVs use the engine and electronic module of ignition brand Dle (Mile Haoxiang Technology Co. Hobbywing Technology and HRB Power battery, ”Gur added.

It was noted that UAVs are also equipped with a Chinese copy of the Australian RFD900X data transfer module RFDESIGN. Like the original sample, the Chinese product is designed to transmit data at a long distance (up to 40 km in direct visibility depending on the antenna).

The management explained that this device allows you to organize a data channel from the drone to its land station or from UAV to UAVs, thus expanding the capacity for intelligence.

GUR was reminded that the DLE engines had already been used by the Russian Federation in the UAV “Gerbera“and”Parody“, KST servo drives-in the ShahED-136 UAV (” Gayran-2 “) and V2Uuniversal planning and correction and aviation modules.

By the way, recently the head of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov stated that North Korea is currently supplying up to 40% of Russia’s ammunition for war in Ukraine, since the partnership between Pyongyang and Moscow is deepening.