ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 (Aileron-3)

Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance (ISR) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

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Image from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 is a short-ranged Unmanned Aerial Vehicle charged with local surveillance and reconnaissance for operating ground troops.

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The ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 is an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) designed, developed, and produced by local Russian industry. It is intended for the Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance (ISR) role and features many industry standards including an autonomous flight option, automatic landing retrieval, and GPS navigation. Its mission payload is modular, able to accept an Infra-Red / Television combination unit or television / thermal imager module set. This provides the aircraft with the needed capabilities to survey and deliver real-time over-battlefield information to operators on the ground. Launching is by way of a simple rail with collapsing support legs.

The general design of the aircraft includes a blended wing-body shape with vertical planes seated along the trailing edges of the swept-back wing planform. The nose of the aircraft is rounded and features an underslung optics unit with full 360-degree traversal while the rear of the fuselage houses the powerplant driving the twin-bladed propeller unit (the blades are initially folded, springing to action upon launch).

Simple to field and operate, the Eleron-3 is designed for tactical-level, squad-based operations, providing a critical "eye in the sky" for forward-operating ground troops.

July 2015 - An Eleron-3SV air vehicle was lost during the fighting in Syria.

May 2018 - The Russian Ministry of Defense has been supplied with a quantitative stock Eleron-3 UAVs.

Specifications

Year:
2015

Status
Active, In-Service

Crew
0

Production
200 Units

ZAO ENIX - Russia

Russia; Syria

- Unmanned

1 x Conventional engine driving a two-bladed propeller unit at the rear of the fuselage in pusher configuration.

(Showcased performance values pertain to the ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 production model; Compare this aircraft entry against any other in our database)

None. Mission-specific equipment in the way of cameras and sensors carried.

(Showcased armament details pertain to the ZAO ENIX Eleron-3 production model)

Eleron-3 - Base Series Designation.

Eleron-3SV - Russian Army ground forces designation.

Eleron-B - Export model designation.

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