French ALSEAMAR presented its Blackbird UAV: ​​how interesting is the development (video)

The device is designed to be launched from submarines and can maintain communication with the platform at a distance of more than 20 km.

< p>The French company ALSEAMAR presented its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Blackbird, designed to be launched from a submarine, at the Euronaval 2024 exhibition in Paris. This unique project is aimed at creating the possibility of deploying a UAV from a deep-submerged submarine and controlling it in underwater conditions. This was reported in Naval News on November 11.

This drone is capable of exchanging data with a submarine, providing significant capabilities for reconnaissance and data collection. To control the Blackbird, the X-SUB antenna system, designed as a remote underwater device for data collection and transmission, is used.

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Observers note that the control of the drone's mission can be carried out in advance, setting a route before launch, or in real time.< /p>

The Blackbird is 60 cm long and weighs between 1 and 2 kg, depending on the payload, allowing the submarine to carry up to five such devices. It is enclosed in a watertight capsule that deflates during launch and is launched through a channel used by the X-SUB linked to the submarine's control system.

During tests on the Suffren submarine in May 2024 The UAV has shown that it is capable of maintaining communication at a distance of more than 20 km (currently using a different platform).

The project is currently in the testing phase: ALSEAMAR conducts regular sea tests and the next phase of testing is scheduled for 2025 year.

Technical characteristics of Blackbird:

• Length — 60 cm;
• Weight — 1-2 kg (depending on the payload);
• payload — various modules, including a radio relay kit, IR sensors, EW devices
• features — waterproof capsule for launch from depth, X-SUB antenna for diving communication, the possibility of control at a distance of up to 20 km;
• purpose — reconnaissance, communication, support of underwater operations.