Aircraft outpost. UAV "Forpost" will be equipped with an all-seeing radar

UAV Outpost - what capabilities does the device have?

APPLICATION OF THE DEVICE

• Reconnaissance and observation of the area.
• Identification of enemy electronic defense points, radio suppression.
• Creating radio interference, intercepting radio signals.
• Photographing and aerial filming, real-time video stream transmission to the control station.

The first Diamond DA40 NG light aircraft assembled at OJSC "Ural Civil Aviation Plant" (UZGA, part of OJSC "Oboronprom") in Yekaterinburg, renowned expert Denis Fedutinov, who specializes in unmanned aviation, also visited the assembly line of Israeli tactical reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles IAI Searcher Mk II and IAI Bird Eye 400 mini-devices, which are supplied by the plant to the Russian Armed Forces under the designations "Outpost" and "Outpost". Denis Fedutinov kindly provided our blog with a photo report on the assembly of the Forpost (IAI Searcher Mk II) and Zastava (IAI Bird Eye 400) UAVs at UZGA.

A contract worth about $400 million for the assembly in Russia of UAVs developed by the Israeli association Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) was signed by Oboronprom OJSC in 2010. As part of the contract, UZGA organized the assembly of tactical UAVs IAI Searcher Mk II (with the Russian name "Outpost") and mini-UAV IAI Bird Eye 400 (Russian name "Zastava"). In 2011, the Ministry of Defense of Russia issued UZGA for the supply in 2011-2013 of 10 complexes with Forpost UAVs with a total value of 9.006 billion rubles (each complex includes a ground control station and three UAVs), and 27 complexes with mini-UAVs of the Zastava type "with a total cost of 1.3392 billion rubles. Tests of the first UAVs "Forpost" and "Zastava" assembled at UZGA in December 2012.

Assembled tactical UAV "Outpost" (IAI Searcher Mk II) in the workshop JSC "Ural plant of civil aviation". Yekaterinburg, 11/11/2013 (c) Denis Fedutinov

Final assembly of the Forpost UAV, docking of the wing consoles

Wing consoles UAV "Outpost"

UAV engine "Outpost" with pusher propeller

UAV "Forpost" in the assembly shop of the UZGA company

Compartment for installation of equipment payload UAV "Forpost"

The fuselage of the Searcher Mk II UAV, from a batch of unmanned systems previously purchased in Israel, delivered to the UZGA for repair

The nose cone of the Searcher Mk II UAV, from a batch of unmanned systems previously purchased in Israel, delivered to the UZGA for repair

Transport containers UAV "Forpost"

Communication system of the unmanned complex "Forpost"

Transport trolley UAV "Forpost"

Components of unmanned systems "Zastava"

Containers of unmanned complexes "Zastava"

Antenna NSU complex mini-UAV "Zastava"

Testing the electronics of the Zastava mini-UAV complex

Elements of the Zastava mini-UAV complex in a shipping container

Control panel of the NSU complex mini-UAV "Zastava"

UAV "Outpost" / Photo: bastion-opk.ru

“According to some reports, the contract for assembly at the UZGA Forpost UAV with the Israeli side was subsequently extended”

In 2011, the Ministry of Defense of Russia issued a contract to UZGA for the supply in 2011-2013 of 10 complexes with Forpost UAVs with a total value of 9.006 billion rubles (each complex includes a ground control station and three UAVs), and 27 complexes with mini-UAVs of the " Zastava" (IAI BirdEye 400) with a total cost of 1.3392 billion rubles.

Tests of the first UAVs "Outpost" and "Zastava" assembled at UZGA were launched in December 2012. According to some reports, the contract for assembly at the UZGA Forpost UAV with the Israeli side was subsequently extended, LIVEJORNAL reported.

Technical reference

UAV "Forpost"

The Russian system, created on the basis of foreign components, primarily Israeli-made.

Photo: IA "ARMS OF RUSSIA", Alexey Kitaev

Already in 2011, the Forpost UAV was demonstrated at the arms exhibition in Nizhny Tagil and at MAKS-2011, it was represented by OJSC Ural Civil Aviation Plant. In 2011, the Ministry of Defense of Russia issued a contract to the UZGA for the supply in 2011-2013 of 10 complexes with the Forpost UAV, with a total value of 9.006 billion rubles.

The assembly of the Forpost UAV (IAI Searcher Mk II) for the Russian Ministry of Defense was carried out at the Ural Civil Aviation Plant OJSC. Tests of the Forpost UAV (IAI Searcher Mk II), assembled at the Ural Civil Aviation Plant OJSC for the Russian Ministry of Defense, were carried out at the Salka flight base near Yekaterinburg in December 2012.

The Forpost complex with unmanned aerial vehicles is designed to search, detect and identify ground objects. It carries a modular optoelectronic payload.

The device performs a remotely controlled flight from the ground in an autonomous mode or according to a predetermined program, and also navigates with the support of a ground control station and a differential global positioning system.

Photo: IA "ARMS OF RUSSIA", Alexey Kitaev

It transmits data on flight parameters and payload status to the ground control station. The UAV maintains constant communication with the ground control station via duplicated channels in duplex mode.

The Outpost, like the Searcher II prototype, is launched from an ordinary unprepared takeoff site. The Israeli prototype can take off using a pneumatic catapult or JATO rocket boosters. Long flight time makes this UAV a convenient means of patrolling and control. The UAV is equipped with a MOSP (Multimission Optronic Stabilized Payload) TV / FLIR complex with a real-time transmission system for GCS or an EL / M-2055 SAR / MTI reconnaissance container. It can also be equipped with a 1200 mm color CCD video camera. It is versatile in terms of start-up and economical.

At the joint operational exercise "Shield of the Union-2011", which took place from September 16 to 22, 2011 at the Ashuluk training ground (Astrakhan region), the use of unmanned tactical reconnaissance aircraft of Israeli production IAI Searcher Mk 2, appearing in Russia under the designation "Outpost ". In particular, a UAV with tail number "785" was filmed on the ground, and "788" in the air.

The Ural Civil Aviation Plant (Yekaterinburg), within the framework of the state defense order for 2013, delivered to the RF Ministry of Defense more than 10 aircraft systems with Forpost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a serial model of which was demonstrated at the Russia Arms EXPO-2013 arms exhibition in Nizhny Tagil.

“At the previous international exhibition of weapons, military equipment and ammunition Russia Arms EXPO, we demonstrated the sample of the Forpost UAV that we had just assembled, but it had not yet been tested. At this exhibition, we are presenting a serial unmanned aerial vehicle on the ground and in the air, which will be delivered to the troops immediately after the exhibition. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation acts as the customer of these complexes. We have already delivered more than 10 such complexes this year,” Interfax-AVN said. general director Ural Plant of Civil Aviation Vadim Badekha.

Photo: IA "ARMS OF RUSSIA", Alexey Kitaev

He recalled that the serial production of the Forpost UAV began in the middle of last year.

“This device is based on technologies that we received from the Israeli company Israel Aerospace Industries LTD (IAI) under a previously concluded contract. At the first stage, the Ministry of Defense bought ready-made complexes from Israel, at the second stage, Israel transferred us technologies for organizing full-cycle production in Russia. As part of the second stage, we have mastered the production of an unmanned complex in Yekaterinburg at our plant,” V. Batekha said.

In April 2015, a tender was published on the public procurement website "Performing work on technical supervision of the operation of complexes with Forpost and Zastava unmanned aerial vehicles for the needs of the Ministry of Defense Russian Federation».

Photo: IA "ARMS OF RUSSIA", Alexey Kitaev

The documentation lists the military units of the RF Armed Forces that are armed with these aircraft, indicates what work needs to be done with the UAV data (in particular, the replacement of A&REO, the replacement of the automatic landing system, the replacement of the landing gear system and the UAV system, the replacement of engine components of the cooling cart, the replacement of components engine, replacement of UNSU components, replacement of instrumentation).

In total, in 2015, it is required to service 10 Forpost unmanned aerial vehicles and 27 Zastava unmanned aerial vehicles:

• military unit 20924 (Kolomna, Moscow region) - 2 Outposts, 1 Outpost
• military unit 30866 (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad region) - 2 "Outposts"
• military unit 44936 (Budennovsk, Stavropol Territory and Mozdok, Republic of North Ossetia) - 2 Outposts
• military unit 49324 (Severomorsk, Murmansk region) - 2 "Outposts"
• military unit 69262 (Elizarovo village, Kamchatka Territory) - 2 "Outposts"
  
  

The cost of spare parts for technical supervision during the operation of the Forpost unmanned aerial vehicle systems should not exceed 5,243,568.23 rubles. (with VAT) for 1 complex of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Photo: IA "ARMS OF RUSSIA", Alexey Kitaev

Tactical and technical indicators

A photo report about the assembly of the Russian Forpost drone was found on the Internet. As it turned out, the November 2013 footage from the Ural Civil Aviation Plant OJSC (UZGA, part of Oboronprom OJSC) shows the assembly of a drone with serial number 923, which today shot down the Dnepr-1 regiment in the Donbas.

Today, soldiers of the Dnepr-1 special forces regiment, as part of a joint operation with the TsSO (Center for Special Operations), shot down a Russian Forpost drone with serial number 923 near Avdiivka.

As it turned out, in November 2013, the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies published a photo report on the assembly of drones at the Ural Civil Aviation Plant OJSC (UZGA, part of Oboronprom OJSC) in Yekaterinburg. By coincidence, the photo from the factory shows exactly the drone with serial number 923, which was shot down by the Ukrainian military in the Donbass.

“The well-known expert Denis Fedutinov, who specializes in unmanned aviation, also visited the assembly line of Israeli tactical reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles IAI Searcher Mk II and IAI Bird Eye 400 mini-devices, supplied by the plant to the Russian Armed Forces under the designations respectively” Outpost" and "Outpost". Denis Fedutinov kindly provided our blog with a photo report on the assembly of the Forpost (IAI Searcher Mk II) and Outpost (IAI Bird Eye 400) UAVs at UZGA,” the blog says.

“A contract worth about $400 million for the assembly in Russia of UAVs developed by the Israeli association Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) was signed by Oboronprom OJSC in 2010. As part of the contract, UZGA organized the assembly of tactical UAVs IAI Searcher Mk II (with the Russian name "Outpost") and mini-UAV IAI Bird Eye 400 (Russian name "Zastava"). In 2011, the Ministry of Defense of Russia issued a contract to UZGA for the supply in 2011-2013 of 10 complexes with Forpost UAVs with a total value of 9.006 billion rubles (each complex includes a ground control station and three UAVs), and 27 complexes with mini-UAVs of the " Zastava" with a total cost of 1.3392 billion rubles. Tests of the first Forpost and Zastava UAVs assembled at UZGA were launched in December 2012,” the experts said.

"Assembled tactical UAVs" Forpost "(IAI Searcher Mk II) in the workshop of JSC "Ural Civil Aviation Plant". Yekaterinburg, 11/11/2013 (c) Denis Fedutinov”, - caption under the photo.

Tactical UAV "Forpost" with serial number 923.

Engine UAV "Forpost" with a pusher propeller. In the background you can see "Outpost" with serial number 923

UAV "Forpost" with serial number 923 in the assembly shop of the UZGA company

According to the Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade, in April 2009, the Russian side purchased two Israeli Searcher Mk.2 UAVs for $12 million. Based on this, the cost of one UAV can be estimated at about $6 million.

Based on the updated public procurement data of the Russian Federation and the tender for the performance of work on the technical supervision of the operation of the Forpost UAV for the needs of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the numbers of the military units in service with these aircraft have been clarified:

military unit 20924 (Kolomna, Moscow region) - 2 complexes;
military unit 30866 (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad region) - 2 complexes;
military unit 44936 (Budennovsk, Stavropol Territory and Mozdok, Republic of North Ossetia) - 2 complexes;
military unit 49324 (Severomorsk, Murmansk region) - 2 complexes;
military unit 69262 (Elizarovo village, Kamchatka Territory) - 2 complexes.

(Note, the data with the name of the military units were obtained from the state procurement documents D_GOZ_22 as amended on 04/17/2015. In clause 3.2. “Places for performing technical supervision over the operation of complexes with Forpost unmanned aerial vehicles”, the places of work and recipients are indicated)

It should be reminded that InformNapalm’s May 8, 2015 article “About the Adventures of a UAV Company of the 19th Motorized Rifle Brigade in Ukraine” already featured the profile of Russian serviceman Nikolai Belokobylenko, who appeared in a photo near the Donbass Arena stadium (Donetsk, Ukraine) with several other servicemen with weapon. It is noteworthy that this serviceman was trained at the Center for training specialists of unmanned aerial systems (military unit 20924, Kolomna, Moscow region, which appears among the military units armed with the Forpost UAV).

Thus, in the course of the analysis and reconnaissance of open sources of information (OSINT), the InformNapalm team obtained specific names of military units whose servicemen can take part in providing reconnaissance of the area for the work of artillery and sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the joint Russian-separatist forces.

UAV "Outpost" / Photo: bastion-opk.ru

“According to some reports, the contract for assembly at the UZGA Forpost UAV with the Israeli side was subsequently extended”

In 2011, the Ministry of Defense of Russia issued a contract to UZGA for the supply in 2011-2013 of 10 complexes with Forpost UAVs with a total value of 9.006 billion rubles (each complex includes a ground control station and three UAVs), and 27 complexes with mini-UAVs of the " Zastava" (IAI BirdEye 400) with a total cost of 1.3392 billion rubles.

Tests of the first UAVs "Outpost" and "Zastava" assembled at UZGA were launched in December 2012. According to some reports, the contract for assembly at the UZGA Forpost UAV with the Israeli side was subsequently extended, LIVEJORNAL reported.

Technical reference

UAV "Forpost"

The Russian system, created on the basis of foreign components, primarily Israeli-made.

Photo: IA "ARMS OF RUSSIA", Alexey Kitaev

Already in 2011, the Forpost UAV was demonstrated at the arms exhibition in Nizhny Tagil and at MAKS-2011, it was represented by OJSC Ural Civil Aviation Plant. In 2011, the Ministry of Defense of Russia issued a contract to the UZGA for the supply in 2011-2013 of 10 complexes with the Forpost UAV, with a total value of 9.006 billion rubles.

The assembly of the Forpost UAV (IAI Searcher Mk II) for the Russian Ministry of Defense was carried out at the Ural Civil Aviation Plant OJSC. Tests of the Forpost UAV (IAI Searcher Mk II), assembled at the Ural Civil Aviation Plant OJSC for the Russian Ministry of Defense, were carried out at the Salka flight base near Yekaterinburg in December 2012.

The Forpost complex with unmanned aerial vehicles is designed to search, detect and identify ground objects. It carries a modular optoelectronic payload.

The device performs a remotely controlled flight from the ground in an autonomous mode or according to a predetermined program, and also navigates with the support of a ground control station and a differential global positioning system.

Photo: IA "ARMS OF RUSSIA", Alexey Kitaev

It transmits data on flight parameters and payload status to the ground control station. The UAV maintains constant communication with the ground control station via duplicated channels in duplex mode.

The Outpost, like the Searcher II prototype, is launched from an ordinary unprepared takeoff site. The Israeli prototype can take off using a pneumatic catapult or JATO rocket boosters. Long flight time makes this UAV a convenient means of patrolling and control. The UAV is equipped with a MOSP (Multimission Optronic Stabilized Payload) TV / FLIR complex with a real-time transmission system for GCS or an EL / M-2055 SAR / MTI reconnaissance container. It can also be equipped with a 1200 mm color CCD video camera. It is versatile in terms of start-up and economical.

At the joint operational exercise "Shield of the Union-2011", which took place from September 16 to 22, 2011 at the Ashuluk training ground (Astrakhan region), the use of unmanned tactical reconnaissance aircraft of Israeli production IAI Searcher Mk 2, appearing in Russia under the designation "Outpost ". In particular, a UAV with tail number "785" was filmed on the ground, and "788" in the air.

The Ural Civil Aviation Plant (Yekaterinburg), within the framework of the state defense order for 2013, delivered to the RF Ministry of Defense more than 10 aircraft systems with Forpost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a serial model of which was demonstrated at the Russia Arms EXPO-2013 arms exhibition in Nizhny Tagil.

“At the previous international exhibition of weapons, military equipment and ammunition Russia Arms EXPO, we demonstrated the sample of the Forpost UAV that we had just assembled, but it had not yet been tested. At this exhibition, we are presenting a serial unmanned aerial vehicle on the ground and in the air, which will be delivered to the troops immediately after the exhibition. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation acts as the customer of these complexes. We have already delivered more than 10 such complexes this year,” Vadim Badekha, general director of the Ural Civil Aviation Plant, told Interfax-AVN.

Photo: IA "ARMS OF RUSSIA", Alexey Kitaev

He recalled that the serial production of the Forpost UAV began in the middle of last year.

“This device is based on technologies that we received from the Israeli company Israel Aerospace Industries LTD (IAI) under a previously concluded contract. At the first stage, the Ministry of Defense bought ready-made complexes from Israel, at the second stage, Israel transferred us technologies for organizing full-cycle production in Russia. As part of the second stage, we have mastered the production of an unmanned complex in Yekaterinburg at our plant,” V. Batekha said.

In April 2015, a tender was published on the public procurement website "Performance of work on technical supervision of the operation of complexes with Forpost and Zastava unmanned aerial vehicles for the needs of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation."

Photo: IA "ARMS OF RUSSIA", Alexey Kitaev

The documentation lists the military units of the RF Armed Forces that are armed with these aircraft, indicates what work needs to be done with the UAV data (in particular, the replacement of A&REO, the replacement of the automatic landing system, the replacement of the landing gear system and the UAV system, the replacement of engine components of the cooling cart, the replacement of components engine, replacement of UNSU components, replacement of instrumentation).

In total, in 2015, it is required to service 10 Forpost unmanned aerial vehicles and 27 Zastava unmanned aerial vehicles:

• military unit 20924 (Kolomna, Moscow region) - 2 Outposts, 1 Outpost
• military unit 30866 (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad region) - 2 "Outposts"
• military unit 44936 (Budennovsk, Stavropol Territory and Mozdok, Republic of North Ossetia) - 2 Outposts
• military unit 49324 (Severomorsk, Murmansk region) - 2 "Outposts"
• military unit 69262 (Elizarovo village, Kamchatka Territory) - 2 "Outposts"
  
  

The cost of spare parts for technical supervision during the operation of the Forpost unmanned aerial vehicle systems should not exceed 5,243,568.23 rubles. (with VAT) for 1 complex of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Photo: IA "ARMS OF RUSSIA", Alexey Kitaev

Tactical and technical indicators