Russia’s "Sjomka s vozdukha" (Aerial photography) company reported in their interview to TASS state news agency that its Binokl UAV is already being actively supplied to the russian army and used in combat operations.
It is noted that the drone is produced with a daytime or thermal imaging camera, and can also be used to drop grenades. The cost of the drone is allegedly 2-3 times lower than the DJI Mavic. At the same time, the appearance of the Binokl UAV and its exact characteristics were not provided.
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In particular, a news story from the "Ekipirovka-2022" exhibition was found, where this drone is demonstrated. And it looks like this:
Its specs were also announced: weight with the battery is 250 grams, time in the air is 40 minutes. No information about the kind of grenades that the drone can drop, taking into account that their weight is greater than the weight of the drone itself. But the components of the Binokl are not secret at all.
The remote control by RadioMaster is the ground part of the UAV control, iFlight Crystal glasses. The drone itself is assembled from ready-made components: propellers, motors, radio communication module, control processor, etc. Perhaps everything that the company itself does is a frame, but that is also in question.
But the camera is much more interesting, especially when it comes to the fact that it can be thermal imaging. As the developers themselves showed off at the exhibition, this is a camera by the Flir American company. The logo is visible right on the screen.
Thus, another russia’s "one-of-a-kind" drone turned out to be the result of assembling a DIY kit. And the fact that Flir cameras get to russia, unfortunately, is the result of general availability, albeit quite expensive. They are still sold in russia with considerable wound up prices.
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