MOSCOW, 27 Apr. A new MiniShark drone was presented in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Military Portal reported on Thursday.
«The Ukrainian company Ukrspecsystems presented its new MiniShark UAV,» the publication writes.
The company claims that the drone can detect ground targets of special units and units of the ground forces. The range of the drone reaches 35 kilometers. According to the developers, one of its advantages is that the UAV is launched from the hands and is easily transported, since the entire system fits in two backpacks.
«Drone with a wingspan of 2.5 meters and 125 centimeters long has a maximum takeoff weight of up to 5 kilograms, its flight duration is 2 hours. It is also noted that the declared maximum flight speed is 120 kilometers per hour, and the operating flight altitude is 1000 meters.
In March, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution aimed at increasing the production of Ukrainian drones: the purchase, testing and acceptance of vehicles was simplified. According to the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov, all Ukrainian drone manufacturing companies participated in the development of the resolution.