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Better quality image of the navy VTOL drone.
Conceptually its similar to the drones produced by the Alti company except that theirs either have the vtol rotors mounted underneath the tail booms,or in the one thats probably closest in size to the iri navy model,mounted in an alternating underneath or on top layout.Why they chose this odd alternating layout I dont know,perhaps it gives them better pitch control fore and aft in the hover or perhaps it can be used to augment maneuverability in normal flight.
https://www.altiuas.com/
Sadly the one limitation with these sorts of VTOL designs is the amount of payload that can be carried even with a larger drone,so probably no weapons sadly.Tho one option could possibly be an assisted normal take-off using a gas catapult or rato system launch followed by a normal VTOL landing after the weapons had been expended,but any weapons would have to be very small and lightweight.
Conceptually its similar to the drones produced by the Alti company except that theirs either have the vtol rotors mounted underneath the tail booms,or in the one thats probably closest in size to the iri navy model,mounted in an alternating underneath or on top layout.Why they chose this odd alternating layout I dont know,perhaps it gives them better pitch control fore and aft in the hover or perhaps it can be used to augment maneuverability in normal flight.
https://www.altiuas.com/
Sadly the one limitation with these sorts of VTOL designs is the amount of payload that can be carried even with a larger drone,so probably no weapons sadly.Tho one option could possibly be an assisted normal take-off using a gas catapult or rato system launch followed by a normal VTOL landing after the weapons had been expended,but any weapons would have to be very small and lightweight.