Finland, Ukraine develop new warfare drone that targets infantry
- 29 January, 13:11
Finland has presented a Steel Eagle drone developed by its Insta company jointly with Ukraine, Finnish broadcaster Yle reported on Wednesday, January 29.
The drone is equipped with extended range of functions, such as a radio control system, a transfer function, as well as VR goggles for a pilot. Steel Eagle’s payload is designed largely to target infantry. The new device is long-range and interference-resistant.
The drone was presented at the SecD Day conference and exhibition that started on 29 January in Finnish capital Helsinki. It is currently in mass production, but only test versions have been in operation so far.
"If it works only in Finland, then it is impossible to understand what the device should be like. There is a war in Ukraine, so the product was developed with the frontline conditions considered," Tuure Lehtoranta, Sales and Marketing Director of Defence Business at Insta company said.
The drone is capable of transporting an explosive charge that can detonate above a target. The Steel Eagle is equipped with a propeller developed by a Ukrainian partner, a radio signal system for control and relaying capability, a data transmission function, and goggles for the pilot. Finland has developed a load that contains explosives and fires steel and tungsten bullets.
