ArmInfo. At 10:15 am local time, units of the Artsakh Defense Army have shot down an Azerbaijani ORBITER 2 reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle in the Akna section. ArmInfo was informed about this in the press service of the Artsakh Ministry of Defense.
To note, Orbiter is a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), developed and manufactured by the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems. The device is built according to the scheme of "flying wing>. Equipped with a silent electric motor. The on- board equipment complex includes electro-optical and infrared cameras, as well as communication and data exchange facilities. It is controlled by one operator. It can be carried in a backpack, preparation for launch from a catapult takes ten minutes, landing is carried out using a parachute. Take-off weight - 9.5 kg; wing span - 3 m, fuselage length - 1 m, flight duration - 3-3.5 hours at an altitude of up to 5.5 kilometers.