Ukrainian UAV Ace One is capable of accelerating to Mach 0.95, climbing to a height of 13.7 km.
October 31, 2022
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Ace One is a light strike tactical drone, it weighs 7.5 tons, and the weapons weigh up to 900 kg. Power plant: Ukrainian AI-332 engine, which provides acceleration
Ace One is a light strike tactical drone, it weighs 7.5 tons, and the weapons weigh up to 900 kg. Power plant: Ukrainian AI-332 engine, which provides acceleration to almost the speed of sound – Mach 0.95. It rises to a height of 13.7 km. The declared operational radius is 1,500 km.
In addition to inconspicuousness, the main feature of the Ace One is the control system, which ensures actions in modern combat conditions with the active use of EW.
The Ace One drone is controlled by a machine learning system, the drones can work in swarms, act as the Loyal Wingman, the famous UAV for a manned fighter, and do the job of finding and destroying air targets.
Fusion is necessary to complete the functions of the machines. Who will be the obstacle, who will be the carrier of the heavy weapons, who will neutralize the air targets.
But most importantly, the war of the seventh generation is the war of unmanned vehicles under constantly harsh conditions of radio-electronic countermeasures. That is, these machines must be “quiet” in the radio field.
The UAV Ace One was designed to be one of the elements of air defense. It is not designed to fight manned warriors. Designed for the future dogfight involving drones – developer Oleksandr Los talked about the Ace One project.
As the developer noted, all technologies used in the project have already been developed. The only exceptions are the use of artificial intelligence and swarms, which are necessary for fully autonomous use.
Oleksandr Los stressed, – “Ace One has a Ukrainian engine, all body systems are Ukrainian, radio systems are mostly Ukrainian”.
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