AeroVironment company announced an update for Puma drones, which are also in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Apparently, the company decided to update the drones not lastly, in view of the experience of their operation in the Defense Forces of Ukraine

Source: Defence Express

The American defense company AeroVironment, whose drones are in service with the Defense Forces of Ukraine, announced earlier this week that it has prepared a Project GOLD software update to increase the combat effectiveness of its Puma 3AE and Puma LE reconnaissance drones.

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“Software updates ensure Puma can continue to perform critical missions autonomously and safely, reducing reliance on GPS and increasing survivability in hostile areas,– says the company's message.

Here are four main updates that the company talks about:

• support for advanced navigation and synchronization capabilities in conditions of problems with GNSS access
• enhanced capabilities using the VNS system
• improved safety of radio communication in difficult conditions
• increase by 60% of the payload of the drone and accordingly increase in payload.

It is noted that the new updates will allow “to maintain an operational advantage even when adversaries try to disrupt the operation of critical systems, ensuring higher mission success and survivability”.

< p>Most importantly, AeroVironment says the updates will be available for all new Puma systems and all deployed systems will receive them. Updates do not require hardware modifications.