UK MoD Buys British Nano Drone

The UK MoD  has taken delivery of the latest market leading technology.  UAVTEK, a UK based SME has developed and provided UK forces with the latest world-beating technology Nano Drones after winning the UK MoD Nano drone programme.

The UK MoD recently went to tender for a new Nano drone to support UK forces.  UAVTEK submitted a bid and came top overall beating previous market leaders FLIR with the Black Hornet 3.

The Bug Nano drone provides evidence that a Nano drone can not only stand up to heavy wind, but is also able to compete with its bigger brothers.  This 191 g UAV provides the operator with an eye in the sky able to send full-motion 1080p video back from 2 km away.  This combined with the ability to withstand gusts of over 40 knots and flight times up to 40 minutes it provides a capability never seen before in this class.

The UAV was designed and built in the UK marking a change in the ability for UK industry to produce world class unmanned systems.

The core system created for the Bug is the first in a range of airframes providing a full suite of capabilities ranging from:

  • Bug – 191g Nano drone
  • Proteus – folding 1kg drone with modular camera system and modular payload it is configurable for almost every job
  • Scout – compact VTOL fixed wing weighing 4kg providing front line troops with ISTAR capability for upto 3 hours.
  • Sentinel – 2.4 meter fixed wing with high endurance capability as a fraction of current leading military UAS

All these systems have a common control interface providing a leading UAV suite in multiple format airframes.

Source: Press Release

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