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New Nano-Drone Can Operate in All Weather Conditions

Jul 19, 2020

photo illus by wIKIMEDIA — Soldiers from Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, supported by the 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, work to clear snow from their around their Avenger weapon systems Feb. 19 at Fort Campbell, Ky. Winter storms dropped several inches of snow on the Fort Campbell community over the past week, but Soldiers were eager to get back to training after a couple of snow days. The highly mobile Avenger is one component of the battalion's ability to protect U.S. Soldiers from aerial threats and indirect fire. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Leejay Lockhart)

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The UK MoD has acquired a nano-drone technology designed and built in the UK, a step marking a change in the ability for local industry to produce world-class unmanned systems.

UAVTEK has won the MoD Nano drone program.

Its Bug Nano drone is a tactical UAV fit for the field, in various weather conditions – rain, snow and wind. Its flight time is suitable for the potential range capability.

This 191 g UAV provides the operator with an eye in the sky able to send full-motion 1080p video back from 2 km away. This combined with the ability to withstand gusts of over 40 knots and flight times up to 40 minutes provide a capability never seen before in this class, according to uasvision.com.

The drone can be flown fully autonomously on pre-programmed missions.

Batteries are interchangeable and charge via their USB C cradle.

The same core system created for the Bug is the first in a range of airframes providing a full suite of capabilities including the Proteus – folding 1kg drone, Scout – compact VTOL fixed wing weighing 4kg providing front line troops with ISTAR capability for upto 3 hours, and the Sentinel – fixed wing with high endurance capability.

All these systems have a common control interface providing a UAV suite in multiple format airframes, according to uasvision.com.