Moscow, July 13 . Russia’s first unmanned aerial vehicle, is completely printed the 3D-printer, has successfully passed flight tests.
The new technology of laser layered synthesis of components of the aircraft from the polymer powder materials demonstrated designers Joint instrument-Corporation (OPK) and Rybinsk KB “Ray,” The technique of creating non-traditional drone, which can be used for reconnaissance and monitoring areas.
As the head of the department of innovative development of the defense industry, Alexander Kalinin, during the test machine took off from a catapult, demonstrated year program in the air, then sat alone on a given site.
According to Kalinina, from RA powder 2200 elements all aircraft were synthesized. With his design inherent adaptive technology opportunities shaping the synthesized parts have been used, thereby creating an internal power structure components that provide the necessary strength and dimensional characteristics of the airframe.
As the creators of unusual glider, their product was on the order of magnitude cheaper than conventional drones. A simple technology and short production time opens the ability to print parts or even entire vehicles right on the combat positions.
«With these UAVs can be implemented the concept of group use drones for a variety of combat missions without regard to machine damage and loss risks,” – emphasizes the CEO of DIC Sergei Skokov
«to print. “UAV weighs 3.8 kg and can lift into the air a payload of more than 200 grams. Now, according to “Izvestiya” newspaper, Russian specialists are going to create a UAV take-off weight up to 35 kg, able to lift up to 8 kg.
Recall that a week ago, the head of the Russian Foundation for Advanced Studies Andrei Grigoryev said that future wars will carry the robots and drones, combined in reconnaissance and strike systems, and the soldiers will perform only the role of operators.
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