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Ukraine Is Knocking Increasing Numbers of Russian Drones Out of the Sky
- rasz 4y ago> military-grade electronics supposed to have been built in Russia were apparently replaced by cheap commercial components from the Far East. GPS is made by u-blox, Switzerland. Telemetry compass Honeywell, USA. IMU Silicon Sensing Systems UK. Radio transmitter Municom, Germany. Receiver AnyLink, Germany. Antenna PPM GMBH, Germany. Microbolometer - the only export restricted military grade part aka illegal AF to sell to russia after 2014 Lynred, France. the only "Far East" parts: Daylight camera Canon, Japan. Engine - Saito, Japan. <$10K BOM. Russia is a system integrator here, their input is composite airframe, parachute and PET bottle fuel tank.