The Ukrainian Armed Forces use ultra-cheap disposable cargo drones from the Australian company SYPAQ to provide logistics tasks in hard-to-reach places.
They are made of cardboard, according to the Australian edition of The Australian.
SYPAQ Chief Engineer Ross Osborne spoke about the use of their drones in Ukraine.
According to Osborn, the company has achieved one of their most ambitious goals yet: delivering a large number of Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS) drones directly to the battlefield. Drones are delivered in the form of blanks from flat sheets of cardboard, from which an aircraft can be easily assembled.
Low profile is a key feature, we can stack them on a pallet. We have also developed modular avionics and powertrain packages that we hope can be reused,” he said.
The manufacturer said that the Ukrainian army has already received more than 60 batches of this company. Approximately 100 Australian cardboard drones are delivered monthly.
The main task of drones is the delivery of ammunition, food and medicine directly to the front line. But reconnaissance flights and the release of explosive devices are also possible.
Osborne emphasized that the drones are built to work in difficult conditions:
The sturdy cardboard has been impregnated with wax to prevent the fuselage from collapsing and the drones from falling further in wet weather conditions.
According to him, despite the language barriers between English and Ukrainian, there were no problems with cooperation. Ukrainian soldiers on the front line “were able to successfully use our system without any of our training with only instructions and videos.”
The chief engineer also explained that in addition to performing basic cargo tasks, SYPAQ drones can be used for other tasks, such as delivering bombs to a target or reconnaissance.
Source: Racurs
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