UA Dynamics Punisher

Reusable Attack Drone / UCAV

Ukraine | 2022

"The Punisher is a Ukrainian-developed reusable attack drone seeing action in the ongoing Ukrainian-Russian War."

Image from official UA Dynamics marketing materials.

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The "Punisher" is an all-weather, low-cost reusable attack drone designed, developed, and manufactured by UA Dynamics of Ukraine. The system utilizes a conventional design approach to produce a useful over-battlefield solution capable of engaging "soft" / unarmored targets from above. Beyond its obvious attack value, the aircraft can also be used for intelligence-gathering, surveillance of key areas, general tactical-level reconnaissance work, Search & Rescue (SAR), psychological sorties (PSYOPS), SPECial OPerationS (SPECOPS) support, and artillery spotting / correction. The type has been in active use since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Unlike loitering munitions in the drone world, whose fuselages are expended in full following the attack phase, the Punisher's airframe is reused in subsequent attacks (requiring reload of ordnance on the ground).

The drone is given a conventional design arrangement, driving by a two-bladed propeller unit at the nose. The fuselage is slim and aerodynamically refined with the mainplanes mid-mounted along the fuselage sides near midships. The fuselage tapers to the empennage to which a single rudder fin supports a horizontal plane for the needed control (resulting in a "T-style" tail unit). Under the fuselage can be affixed an air-droppable, impact-detonated High-Explosive (HE) "dumb" bomb (UB-75HE, MACE, thermobaric).

The drone has a maximum combat range of 45 kilometers, requires just 15 minutes to prepare, and can be reloaded and made ready to launch in just 5 minutes. Maximum speed is nearly 200 kmh.

The battery-operated electric drive provides the aircraft with low noise operating levels and zero / near-zero thermal signatures to prying enemy instruments on the ground. A catapult is used for launching and recovery is handled on the ground.

The complete Punisher system includes two versions of the drone - the airstrike form and a reconnaissance model, each with three replacement batteries allotted. Control is via a Ground Control Station (GCS). The kit rounds out with the necessary transport containers and spare parts as well as applicable components.

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Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the UA Systems Punisher Reusable Attack Drone / UCAV.

1 x Battery-powered electric drive for two-bladed propeller unit at the nose.
Propulsion

123 mph
198 kph | 107 kts
Max Speed

3,281 ft
1,000 m | 0 miles
Service Ceiling

28 miles
45 km | 24 nm
Operational Range

Structure
The nose-to-tail, wingtip-to-wingtip physical qualities of the UA Systems Punisher Reusable Attack Drone / UCAV.

0
(UNMANNED)
Crew

Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of the UA Dynamics Punisher Reusable Attack Drone / UCAV provided across 0 hardpoints.

1 x 2kg air-droppable bomb (HE, MACE, thermobaric).

X

Hardpoints Key:

Centerline

Wingroot(L)

Wingroot(R)

Wing

Wingtip

Internal

Not Used

Variants
Notable series variants as part of the UA Dynamics Punisher family line.

Punisher - Base Series Name.

Operators
Global customers who have evaluated and/or operated the UA Dynamics Punisher. Nations are displayed by flag, each linked to their respective national aircraft listing.

Total Production: 100 Units
Contractor(s): UA Dynamics Warfare Technologies - Ukraine

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