ANALYSIS OF THE HEAVY UAVS DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE HORLYTSIA PROJECT

Abstract

Development of domestic UAVs with a takeoff weight of over 150 kg has been analized. A foreign example of the development of UAV is presented and estimated. A trend line for the development of foreign UAVs Class II (150 kg - 600 kg), Class III (>600 kg) in the period 2007-2021 has been revealed on the example of Turkey. The predicted development trend of the UAVs in Ukraine, based on the further development of the Gorlitsa project (ANTONOV SE), has been determined. This is a completely new, complex and promising direction in the development of weapons and military equipment. The project is a fully domestic cooperation of co-executors of the project in all components of the UAV. In 2016 more than 20 domestic UAVs passed the stage of defining departmental tests at the ranges of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the controlled operation of these UAVs in the army continues, the rest have already completed this operation, passed the procedure for putting into service, accepted for service, are mass-produced and supplied to the Army. A variant of the roadmap for the development of heavy UAVs in Ukraine for the period up to 2030 has been proposed.