“This is stated in the message of the GUR of the MOU. The aggressor state of Russia assembles such multi-tasking UAVs at a factory in the city of Yelabuga. “Gerbera” can…”, — write on: armyinform.com.ua
Read for: 2 min. November 18, 2024, 9:17 am
The main intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published the component base of the next Russian drone – “Gerber”. This is stated in the message of the GUR of the MOU.
The aggressor state of Russia assembles such multi-tasking UAVs at a factory in the city of Yelabuga.
“Gerbera” can carry a combat unit as a kamikaze and carry out radio-electronic reconnaissance, in particular, to detect air defense positions and record the hits of other strike drones.
This UAV imitates the Shahed-136/Geran-2 and is widely used by Russia to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses.
Due to the use of simple materials (plywood, foam), “Gerbera” is ten times cheaper than “Shakhed”. However, the structure of this drone contains a set of components of foreign manufacturers, which is already familiar for Russian weapons.
Studies of the downed samples proved that the Russians are manufacturing these UAVs based on the Chinese prototype using foreign components imported from China.
The developer of the UAV is the Chinese model aircraft manufacturer Skywalker Technology Co., Ltd., which also produces fuselages and organizes the delivery of kits to Russia. Delivery is carried out through third-party companies.
The anti-interference antenna (CRPA) contains chips from Analog Devices and Texas Instruments (USA), NXP Semiconductors (Netherlands).
The universal flight controller also includes components manufactured by Texas Instruments, Atmel (USA), STMicroelectronics, U-Blox (Switzerland), NXP Semiconductors (Netherlands), XLSEMI (China).
For targeting by the pilot (according to the FPV-drone principle) of the barrage version of the UAV and conducting aerial reconnaissance, the Gerbera is equipped with a Chinese camera with a three-axis suspension Topotek KHY10S90 and a Xingkai Tech Mesh Network XK-F358 modem.
The DLE60 engine is manufactured by the Chinese Mile Hao Xiang Technology Co., Ltd. In the summer of 2024, this company came under US sanctions for supplies to Russia.
