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Zastava [Israeli Bird Eye 400]

The Bird Eye 400 UAV manufactured in Russia under a contract that was signed in 2012 with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). This drone costs 2 million USD. The Zastava UAV contains electronic components from Israeli Elbit Systems and Data Links and American Vweb, a German engine from Hacker Motor, an autopilot AP04M from Spanish UAV Navigation and a Swiss GPS module from u-blox. There are imported components in almost every Russian UAV, and in large quantities. It appears that the only thing that is really Russian in this technique is the body (plastic or wood) and the parachute (fabric).

The unmanned aerial vehicle was developed by Russian aircraft designers based on the Israeli IAI Bird Eye 400 unmanned aerial vehicle, while the design of the device was carefully adapted for military tasks with the experience of Russian engineers, and also optimized in technical terms, which provided the device with more High performance characteristics. Despite this fact, this air vehicle was not very popular, and to date, only a few units of this equipment were produced.

The Israeli drones like “Zastava” and “Forpost” are manufactured by the Russian company JSC “Ural Works of Civil Aviation”. Ural Civil Aviation Plant is an aircraft manufacturing enterprise. It specializes in the development, production, testing, repair and maintenance of aviation equipment, parts, components and assemblies. The company's promising projects are related to the creation of aircraft for local and regional airlines, the initial training of pilots, the manufacture of aircraft engines and unmanned aerial vehicles. JSC "Ural Civil Aviation Plant" includes production and engineering sites in the cities of Yekaterinburg, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Taganrog, Nizhny Novgorod.

IAI’s Malat Division Bird Eye 400 is a mini-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) member of the Bird Eye family of mini and micro UAV systems designed for tactical reconnaissance. One Bird Eye 400 system is packaged into two carries and can be assembled within several minutes. It features low acoustic signature and 80 minutes of flight endurance.

Bird Eye 400 can be operated by one or two soldiers in support of small military fighting units. The operator establishes the flight path before the launch of the UAV system on a computer. Once launched, the Bird Eye 400 operates autonomously using a digital map and pre-programmed flight coordinates control. This kind of UAV are electrically powered by a battery.