The development will reduce the development time of new drones by 1.7 times and reduce their cost by up to 30%.
NOVOSIBIRSK, July 31. /tass/. A new drone control system that allows overcoming the effects of electronic warfare (EW) has been developed in Russia at the competence center of NTI "Technologies of Robotics and Mechatronics components" at Innopolis University in Tatarstan. This was reported to TASS by the NTI Project Support Fund.
"Russia has developed a new drone control system. It allows you to overcome the action of electronic warfare," the foundation said in the framework of the Archipelago-2023 forum.
The control ecosystem consists of integrated autopilot units, navigation receiver, compass, air signal system, airborne navigation lights, as well as power load and installation control units. "It is designed for various types of unmanned aircraft and operates on a distributed noise-resistant data bus. For versatility of application, the system includes the most common open source usage standards," the foundation noted.
Vadim Medvedev, director of the NTI Project Support Fund, told TASS that the solution is aimed at import substitution and improving the reliability of the products being created, as well as accelerating the serial production of new types of unmanned aircraft systems to the domestic market. "It will reduce the development time of new drones by 1.7 times and reduce their cost by up to 30%. The development was created at the NTI competence center in the direction of "Technologies of Robotics and Mechatronics components" on the basis of Innopolis University," said Vadim Medvedev, Director of the NTI Project Support Fund.
Potential customers of the new development may be industrial enterprises for the production of drones. Among them are GTLK, Tatneft, Inter RAO, Russian Helicopters and BP-Technologies.
Also, the NTI TASS Project Support Fund reported that a school for training pilots of agrodron control has been opened in Russia. By 2030, it plans to train up to 100 thousand people on the basis of its own software and almost 2 thousand high-tech complexes for practical use. "In the educational project initiated by Agrimax Holding, it is planned to train specialist operators according to a two-level drone control scheme," the foundation added.
According to the data provided, the profession will include training in the skills of constructing a flight task for a group of spraying drones, the ability to control the control of all drones from one device, route optimization, adjustment of flight tasks according to weather conditions and other skills.
According to Medvedev, the multiplier financial effect of the new educational initiative will amount to about 500 billion rubles, spur demand for the purchase of unmanned aircraft, strengthen social development in rural areas, and also strengthen the country's defense capability due to sustainable drone management skills. "The shortage of highly qualified personnel in the agricultural market today exceeds 100 thousand people. There are no more than 10 thousand agricultural unmanned systems," Medvedev added.
According to him, there are about 70 agricultural holdings in Russia that are ready to train staff. More than 130 thousand farms will be able to independently undergo training in new technologies, and 248 departments of Russian agricultural universities will have the opportunity to introduce disciplines in education.
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