Drone Orphan

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It weighs little than 10 kg and reaches a maximum velocity of 350 km/h. This allows it to rapidly catch up with the enemy drones and usage its kinetic energy, effort and destruct them or knock them down with a two-kilogram warhead. At the MSPO in Kielce, Military Aviation Plant No. 2 presents an anti-drone called Interceptor, or "the interceptor".

The dynamic improvement of unmanned aircraft and the crucial simplification in costs and time of their production have made them available not only to all armies in the planet but besides to various types of terrorist organizations.

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Because where there is simply a sword, there must besides be a shield, now the most wanted kind of weapons are all types of anti-drone systems. At this year's International Defence manufacture Salon Many specified solutions are presented in Kielce. 1 of them is developed by specialists from Military Aviation Plant No 2 from Bydgoszcz strategy named Interceptor.

The name chosen for the weapon – from the English language “interceptor” is “the interceptor” – reflects its concept of action very well. In a telegraphic summary, this four-engined drone, thanks to its extraordinary velocity – 350 km/h, can not only catch up with the unmanned enemy, but besides usage its kinetic energy, effort and destruct them and harm them as a result, preventing them from continuing to fly.

Interceptor constructors have besides prepared for more hard variants of combat. erstwhile an operator or drone control computer considers that the mark requires more firepower, a two-kilogram warhead may be utilized to drop it. It may have a proximity trigger or be remotely fired.

As Adam Suplicki, manager of the WZL 2 Unmanned Air Ships Plant, emphasizes, what distinguishes Interceptor against competition is that it is not a one-time construction. “If the operator considers that the mission needs to be aborted, he can send the command to the drone, and the device interrupts the flight, returns to the base or another designated location by the operator, after which he will land vertically as commonly known quadcopter drones,” explains Suplicki. He adds that this will let soldiers to train safely and cheaply utilizing this system.

The representatives of WZL No. 2 declare that if the Polish Army decided to acquisition the Interceptors, the first copies could be sent to the units six months after signing the contract.

Interceptor method data:

maximum take-off mass – 10 kg

Maximum capacity – 2,5 kg

effector – kinetic impact or warhead

flight duration – above 20 minutes

Operating scope – 10 km

ceiling – 4000 m

By-pass velocity 220 km/h

maximum velocity – 350 km/h

dimensions – 1 × 0,85 × 0,4 m

Krzysztof Wilewski

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