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Ukrainian company develops autonomous unmanned aerial systems that fly for 30 hours and collect various types of data about terrestrial objects. Their most prominent product is a system of unmanned aerial vehicles designed for executing long endurance missions and gather those types of data that usually very large and expensive drones were previously used to gather.
They take pride in the highest endurance and durability of the systems in its class. The key goal is to gather vast amounts of visual, radio, or other types of data from terrestrial objects in order to fight worldwide problems such as wildfires, illicit trading, illegal crossing, poaching and many others.
The company is already on the market for over 15 years.

The production and use of unmanned aerial vehicles is very relevant and in demand in our time, since they practically completely eliminate human error during flights, they can work in extreme conditions, in addition, due to their autonomy, they are widely used in the military industry.

There are a few key components that systems offer. Here is the technical characteristics of each of them:
1. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Airframe:
• Wingspan – 3 meters
• Maximum take-off weight – 23 kg
• Airspeed (Min/Avg/Max) – 80/110/140 km/h
• Flight time – 24+ hours
• Operating ceiling – 4,000 meters
• Payload max weight – 5 kg
• Autonomous flight mode range – 2400 km
2. Catapult:
• Mechanical Take-off
• Weight – 45 kg
3. Ground Control Unit:
• Ground control station – 25 kg computer with protective casing
• Telemetry & Control antenna – up to 240 radio range
• Directional Antenna - up to 120 km range

Advantages & innovations

Advantages are the mobility and automation which are created by the following factors: • Mobility: Their system is the most light-weight in comparison to any modern small-class unmanned aerial systems and can be transported in a small pick-up truck. • Automation: the systems were designed to exclude as many human errors as possible and now they only need 1 or 2 operators in order to execute any mission in comparison to at least 3-4 or more operators of their competitors.

Stage of development

Already on the market

Partner sought

They are looking for distributors, research and academic organizations that would like to use or distribute their products. They are also interested in a manufactory agreement in European countries to expand their production.