The Northern Fleet anti underwater sabotage unit specialists conducted trials of the UAV “Takhion” which was designed to conduct air reconnaissance and detecting small and nearly invisible coastal, surface and underwater objects.
UAVs “Takhion” were designed in order to be operated in the Far North conditions. They are equipped with infrared thermal imaging cameras. This UAV is small-sized and light-weighted so it can be operated in vast range of temperatures and altitudes, and also in conditions of significant air velocity.
Trials were conducted in bays on the coast of the Kola Peninsula. First of all, specialists assessed the “Takhion’s” capabilities in detecting military divers and watercrafts at different depths, mobile bases of sabotage groups, ambushes and secrets especially at night time.
The Takhion is a mini-Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) developed to conduct reconnaissance missions in support for ground forces at ranges of up to 40 kilometers. Externally the Takhion corresponds to a flying wing design with a nose-mounted two-blade propeller and is operated by a two-man crew. This new drone is the most advanced system developed by Russia so far and can conduct reconnaissance missions day/night even in bad weather conditions with wind speed of 15 meters per second (54 kph). Besides, it can be used as a communications relay aircraft flying at 4,000 meters of altitude operating at temperatures between -30- to +40-degree Celsius. The Takhion mini-UAV entered service in March 2015 with the intelligence units of the Russian Central Military District in Siberia.
Russian Reconnaissance Troops Get Advanced Drones / Sputnik International
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