Ukrainian air defense shot down the “Orlan-30” drone

The Ukrainian servicemen destroyed the Russian modern “Orlan-30” reconnaissance drone.

Soldiers of the 54th Mechanized Brigade shot down the reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle.

“During the day, servicemen of the 54th Mechanized Brigade in the air shot down a drone, which was launched by the invaders for reconnaissance of Ukrainian positions in the east. As it turned out, the downed UAV цфі an “Orlan-30”,” the servicemen said in a statement.

As previously reported, this is not the first “Orlan-30” drone shot down over Ukraine.

In April 2022, soldiers of the 24th Brigade successfully “landed” a Russian drone of this type.

“Orlan-30” is a modified version of the “Orlan-10” drone, which the Russians are actively using in the war with Ukraine.

The working radius of the drone is 500 km, the flight ceiling is 5000 m, and the operating time is 8 hours.

There are two modifications of these Russian UAVs: “Orlan-30” and “Orlan-50”. Their main difference from the original version is that they have the in-built engines.

“Orlan-30” has one engine, and “Orlan-50” has two. This allows for increasing the takeoff weight and payload.

The cruising speed of both modifications is 90 km/h, and the maximum speed of Orlan-30 is 150 km/h.

This UAV could also be carrying 3-4 cargo modules.

These could include digital aerial reconnaissance systems with a resolution of 80 megapixels, gyro-stabilized electro-optical infrared video systems, electronic surveillance and shroud devices, radiation background monitoring systems, etc.