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The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published information about the Russian Klyn loitering munition.
Main theses:
- The Russian unmanned aerial vehicle “Klin” was developed by Roboavia LLC and has unique technical characteristics.
- The drone is equipped with advanced machine vision and navigation system technologies, which ensures automatic target acquisition and high flight accuracy.
- The UAV can carry various warheads weighing up to 5 kg and has the ability to quickly and accurately target.
The Ministry of Defense has published data on the Russian AI UAV “Klyn”
An interactive 3D model and information about the main components and parts of the Klyn UAV are published in the “Weapon Components” section of the War&Sanctions portal.
The drone developed and manufactured by Roboavia LLC has a “delta-wing” fuselage with a length of 1.6 m and a wingspan of 1.9 m. The power plant uses a Scorpion F-4225-500KV V2 brushless electric motor (PRC), which is powered by two modern lightweight 6S Li-AFB batteries.
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An important difference is the use of machine vision technology with the ability to automatically capture a target, implemented on the basis of the Nvidia Jetson TX2 computer module (USA). Similar solutions have already been identified earlier in other Russian drones – V2U, “Lancet”, Zala, as well as the Russian-Iranian “Gerani-2” of the MS series.
UAV “Klyn”
The flight controller uses an affordable commercial Cube Orange solution (Australia), the navigation system is implemented by the Holybro F9P module (PRC), which has RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) mode to increase accuracy. Communication is provided by a LoRa radio modem, the main element of which is the Ra-01H radio module manufactured by Ai-Thinker (PRC).
Other UAV boards contain components from American, Swiss, Taiwanese, and South Korean manufacturers.
“Klin” can carry a cumulative or high-explosive warhead weighing up to 5 kilograms.
Another characteristic feature of this UAV is the presence of a developed front control wing, which allows you to adjust the approach course to the target at different angles of attack at different speeds.
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The maximum speed declared by the Russians when approaching the target is 300 km/h.
The enemy also declares the presence of a naval and land modification. In the naval version, the remote detonation system is implemented using radar, and in the land version, using lidar.