Benutzer:Avron/Orlan-30

Tests are being conducted on more compact Lasermarkierer weighing about one kilogram, and thus suitable for carriage by small UAVs. Having combat-tested in Syrien several types in the given role, the Russian defense ministry has selected the Orlan-30 as the most suitable type for quantity production. Its developer, the Special Technological Center (local acronym “STTs”) describes the drone as a derivative of the earlier Orlan-10, the most popular Russian UAV used in Syria, and says it is intended for surveillance of moving and stationary targets, and passing their coordinates to artillery fire-control systems. 2019, the Orlan-30 passed state acceptance trials. Sollte ab 2020 in größeren Stückzahlen produziert werden. Weighing about 30 kg, the Orlan-30 cruises at 150 km/h at altitudes up to 4,500 m, and can loiter for over five hours at a distance up to 300 km from the launch point. it can also provide accurate targeting for the air-dropped munitions such as KAB-500 /KAB-1500 series precision-guided bombs.

Operator: Russia | Made in: Russia | Wingspan: 10 feet | Flight time: 5 hours | Top speed: 93 mph | Powerplant: Verbrennungsmotor The Orlan-30 entered service in 2020 as an upgraded version of the Orlan-10 and, like that previous drone, serves primarily as an artillery spotter. The two drones are externally similar but the Orlan-30 boasts superior electronics, including an enhanced navigation system and a precise laser-targeting system.

The Russian army is expected to receive the latest Orlan-30 drone in 2020, which is a quick-deployable battlefield support system. It has been tested in Syria and at the "Tsentr" (Центр) im Jahre 2019 Manöverübung. Orlan-30 can reconnoitre targets and provide exact coordinates über die globalen Navigationssatellitensyste GLONASS und GPS. The Orlan-30 uses laser illumination for fire with smart arillery shells and for guiding precision air bombs.

“Laser illumination of the targets will provide sniper accuracy to artillery. Their flight at the final stage is adjusted by laser marks on the target,” he was quoted as saying by Izvestiya last October.

The new vehicle resembles its predecessor Orlan-10. However, its launch weight is close to 30 kg which is twice as big as Orlan-10 has. The drone can fly to a distance of 300 km from the control post at a cruising speed of 150 kmph. Flight duration exceeds five hours. The characteristics allow effective engagement far behind the frontline.

The modular architecture allows changing the payload and onboard equipment. The drone is launched by a Flugzeugkatapult which needs small sites and saves fuel.

Russia is using this combat experience to help export sales of Orlan 10 and the two new electronic warfare features as well as the new Orlan 30. The larger "30" model is based on the Orlan 10, entered service in 2017. This larger Orlan 30 is similar in shape to the existing Orlan 10 but is larger and still taking off and landing like the Orlan 10. The Orlan 30 weighs 27 kg (60 pounds) with a max payload of 7 kg (15.5 pounds). Orlan 30 has a pusher (propeller in the rear) propulsion while the Orlan 10 has the propeller up front. Orlan 30 also uses a gasoline engine that provides a top speed of 170 kilometers an hour and cruise speed of 150. Max range from a controller and video transmission is 300 kilometers but since max endurance is five hours it is possible to program a course and have video captured onboard. The shorter endurance of Orlan 30 compared to Orlan 10 has limited use of Orlan 30 and, to remedy that, the manufacturer is trying to increase endurance to at least ten hours.

Reconnaissance-strike forces are the most promising guideline in aviation. They engage artillery in fire and drones for reconnaissance, target detection at the frontline and in the tactical depth of adversary defense and control of their destruction in real-time. The latest Orlan-30 is most fit for the mission, the Zvezda weekly writes. The Defense Ministry has recently announced that flight trials of Orlan-30 were completed and batch production began. The first drones are to be delivered in 2020. Orlan-30 has a takeoff weight of 31 kg, develops a speed of 180 km/h and rises to an altitude of five kilometres. The craft can loiter for five hours at a distance of 300 km from the launch site.

Official sources confirmed the engagement in Syria of Krasnopol guided artillery shells against terrorist bases which kept combat drones to attack Russian Humaymim airbase. The projectiles are fired by Msta-B howitzers.

Die Russische Armee hat eine Reihe von Präzisionsgelenkedet Geschossen, Besides 152mm Krasnopol (Munition) , 120mm KM-8 Gran und Kitolow, sowie 240mm Smeltschak, die von verschiedenen Geschützen verschossen werden können.

The Syrian army operates towed M-240 mortars which were engaged to free Damascus suburbs from terrorists. All the projectiles can hit targets by the first shot.

The first reports about the engagement of reconnaissance-strike forces with drones appeared in 2017 when the Syrian government forces fought terrorists in desert. Eleron-3, Orlan-10, Forpost and other drones searched for the targets. The Russian airpower delivered precision strikes at exposed targets.

In some cases, advanced air controllers used laser rangers to illuminate targets. However, the controllers risk their lives.

Orlan-30 was designed for reconnaissance in optical and infrared bands and guidance provision, as well as measuring shell deviation from the target and fire adjustment.

It differs from Orlan-10 predecessor by a laser ranger which allows the drone to illuminate the target by the beam of an optical quantum generator. It means precise guidance for a smart air bomb or a guided artillery projectile.

Reconnaissance-strike forces were tested in the Syrian campaign. Footage showed artillery fire at stationary objects, armor and automobiles of terrorists. The targets were hit by the first shot.

Das Konstruktionsbüro für Gerätebau, welches die Krasnopol-Munition entwickelt hat, probierte sich in den 2010ern Jahren an einem Drohne mit einem Zielmarkierer. Der Prototy wurde mit einem 4 kg wiegenden Zielmarkierer, inklusive einer gyroskopisch stabilisierten Platform.

The research concluded that guided munitions can preserve and multiply artillery role at the modern stage which demands high mobility, rapid fulfilment of missions and low consumption of munitions. The automatic fire control will promote rapid target destruction by guided shells at a major distance.

Das Poisk Forschungsinstitug entwickelte dann deutlich kompaktere Lasermarkierer, die nur ein kilogramm wiegend.

The Russian approach to drone engagement on the battlefield differs from the western one. In the West, they stake on drones with combat payload. Heavy attack drones, such as MQ-9 Reaper comprise the backbone of US unmanned aviation. Together with Chinese drones they are widely engaged in the Middle East. Combat drones were a key weapon in Afghanistan and Iraq, as the opposing side had no air defense.

Turkey engaged its Bayraktar TB-2 drones in the operations Euphrates Shield, Olive Branch and the Source of Peace. They operated properly, as the terrorists and the Kurds had no air defense.

However, the engagement of Turkish drones against a high-tech adversary failed. In May 2017, Pantsir-S downed Baykatar during a reconnaissance flight near Humaymim. The drones were used against the Syrian Arab Army and the Libyan National Army and sustained heavy losses.

Pantsir-S, Kvadrat and Buk-M2E antiaircraft launchers can fight such drones. Bayraktar weighs 650 kg and has a 12-meter wingspan and carries two guided munitions of a total weight of 150 kg. It flies slowly and is properly visible on radar and heat imager screens and is an excellent target for air defense.

Orlan-30 is 21 times lighter and more compact. It is difficult to detect and down it. Orlan is cheaper and better fit for mass production which compensates potential losses. It does not carry weapons, but can obtain target information on the battlefield and transmit coordinates to the command post. Artillery is then engaged.

Head of the missile and artillery troops of the Russian Ground Forces Lieutenant-General Mikhail Matveevsky said the troops would obtain a new quality and develop into reconnaissance-strike forces under a single command. It will decrease decision-making time, prepare for fire and destroy targets as they are detected and identified. The automatic center will receive information from traditional sources, such as Zoopark-1M and Aistenok reconnaissance and fire control complexes, as well as aircraft. The available weapons can destroy the adversary at maximum distances and inflict maximum damage to it.

Orlan-30 with a laser aimer can illuminate targets with a laser beam and ensure direct hit by Krasnopol or another guided shell. It is necessary to timely illuminate the target for a brief spell of timer sufficient for the artillery projectile to find the reflected beam and determine the flight trajectory. In case of prudent implementation, the technology consumes little power which is important for small drones. It denies the adversary a chance to detect the drone and attack it, the Zvezda said.

Orlan-30 wird im Russischer Überfall auf die Ukraine 2022 von Russland eingesetzt. Einige wurden abgeschossen oder mit elektronischen Mitteln zum Absturz gebracht. Die geringe Verfügbarkeit der Orlan-30 Dronen in den russischen Truppen ist ein Grund warum die eigentlich präzisionsgelenkten Krasnopol Granaten im unpräzisen Massenbeschus eingesetzt werden.

NAME(S) 42	ORLAN-30, ОРЛАН-30 ,(SEA EAGLE-30)
MANUFACTURER(S)	Special Technology Center LLC
TYPE	Fixed Wing
OPERATOR	Army
PURPOSE	EW, ISR
FLIGHT TIME	5 hours
MTOW kg	27
MAX ALTITUDE km	4.5
CRUISING SPEED km/h	80– 150
MAX SPEED km/h	170
RANGE km	300
ARMED	no

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