FVR-90 revolutionary drone will get a special engine: how technology will strengthen the army (video)

FVR-90 drone can be equipped with different cameras and observation systems. Its flight time is more than 15 hours. L3harris, one of the leading US military producers, has signed a contract with the US Navy for the development of a special engine on heavy fuel for FVR-90 drone with a vertical take-off and landing system (VTOL). About it reports the portal Militaryleak.

The heavy fuel motor system will allow for intelligence drone, the development and testing of which is still ongoing, to get an increased flight radius and improved maneuverability. L3harris will also offer new infrared camera modules and CMDL tactical radios. The FVR-90 drone is designed for the reconnaissance purposes of the US Army. It has a length of 2. 48 meters, a width of 4. 8 meters and a maximum runoff of 53 kg.

A team of experts of two people is capable of adjusting and launching a drone to perform a mission. The uniqueness of the drone adds a vertical take-off and landing system (VTOL), which allows a relatively small UAV to take off and sit from almost any terrestrial and surface sites, which makes the FVR-90 a good solution for use by the military and at sea and at sea.

To this should be added modularity of the structure, which allows to install different modules on the drone for conducting certain intelligence operations, taking into account the tasks. For example, this quadcopter can be installed a stabilized multi-sensory multi-inspest system of visualization Wescam MX-8. Electro -optic (EO) and infrared (IR) system is based on a four -axle suspension with a six -domestic domestic passive insulator.

It contains a medium-wave infrared chamber (MWIR) with a field inspection (FOV) from 2. 75 ° to 28. 4 ° and an additional metal oxide-half-conductor sensor (CMOS) with an angle of inspection from 1. 53 ° to 30. 0 °. It is also equipped with a laser range of class 1 and a laser luminator of class 3b with a wavelength of 852 nm. The drone has a 4-axial suspension with a 6-axial internal passive insulator. The drone uses primary and secondary data channels.

The primary data channel has a delay of less than 500 ms. The data rate is 40 Mbps at a distance of 60 km and 1 Mbps at a distance of 100 km. UAVs can stand, land, land and return to the base in the event of a communication loss. The range of UAV acoustic detection is 3 km, on board the drone does not store any important data, so the enemy will not get valuable information in case of loss of UAV.

The unmanned system can be equipped with additional communication systems, including the M-code receiver for work without GPS and Iridium satellite communication. The maximum autonomy of the unmanned aircraft is 15 hours, taking into account the installed load.