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Tachyon

The Tachyon unmanned aerial vehicle was created at the Izhmash - Unmanned Systems enterprise. The Tachyon UAV is designed to conduct reconnaissance day and night on a scale close to real time, as well as to organize video and voice communications as a repeater. UAV composition: 2 UAVs, a set of interchangeable payload modules (TV camera or infrared camera or photo camera), ground control station, catapult, reminiscent of the military-technical cooperation Bastion.

The Takhion ("Tachyon" - Faster Than Light) is classified as a "mini-UAV" manufactured by the storied Kalashnikov concern of Russia. It serves the modern Russian Army and has seen operational use in Ukraine in the Donbas Region as well as during the Russian invasion of its neighbor. The aircraft is designed around close ground support in day / night environments and all weather conditions and offers critical "eye-in-the-sky" reconnaissance capabilities through real-time data feeds back to the Ground Control Station (GCS).

The unmanned aerial vehicle is designed according to the "flying wing" aerodynamic scheme and consists of an airframe with an automatic control system for an autopilot , controls and a power plant, an onboard power system, a parachute landing system and removable payload units. Launched with a catapult . Landing method - automatically with a parachute.

The aircraft is of portable dimensions making it relatively easy to ferry to the front lines. It features a flying wing design with a two-bladed propeller unit at the nose and winglets at the ends of the wingtips. Operating range is out to 40 kilometers from the GCS (which relies on an optimal crew of two) while flying at altitudes nearing 4,000 meters. Beyond providing reconnaissance, this low-altitude aircraft can also be used as an airborne mobile communications relay for ground sources.

The device was created by Izhmash - Unmanned Systems LLC and introduced in 2012 . In January 2015, state tests began on a UAV modification powered by fuel cells rather than batteries. At the beginning of 2015, Tachyon unmanned aerial vehicles entered service with the intelligence units of the Central Military District (TsVO) of the Russian Armed Forces.

At the beginning of 2016, the devices entered service with the Russian military base in Armenia. Modern unmanned aerial vehicles Tachyon are being mastered at the Russian military base in Armenia. The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) units of the Russian military base in Armenia have received modern domestic Takhion systems. Within a month, experienced qualified specialists will train the personnel of the formation to work on new UAVs at the high-mountain training grounds of Kamkhud and Alagyaz.

Tachyon unmanned aerial vehicles can be used in the interests of military intelligence in the daytime and at night at ranges up to 40 km, even in adverse weather conditions, for example, with wind gusts reaching 15 meters per second.

The drone is capable of conducting aerial reconnaissance of objects and areas where the enemy is located, with strong opposition from enemy air defense, as well as in conditions of radiation, chemical and biological contamination. Under the same conditions, artillery fire and the actions of military personnel on the landing site can be adjusted. In the course of combat coordination with the help of this complex, issues of trilateral interaction between units of Russia, Belarus and Serbia, as well as adjusting the actions of units during the landing, were worked out. In addition, training was conducted on target designation for Serbian artillery units and aerial reconnaissance to clarify the coordinates of the enemy's location. The Tachyon unmanned aerial vehicle is designed to operate at a distance of 5 to 40 kilometers from the line of contact with the enemy.

The first exercises "Slavic Brotherhood" were held in 2017 at the Raevsky training ground near Novorossiysk on the basis of the mountain airborne unit. This year, the leadership of the exercises is fully entrusted to the Ministry of Defense of Serbia.