❗️The first photo of the 🇺🇸American reconnaissance UAV Shield AI MQ-35a V-BAT in service with the Armed Forces of 🇺🇦Ukraine

"They (the UAV operators) launched from about 40 kilometers from the front, flew 100 kilometers past the front line of the troops, and then found these 11 Buk air defense systems, targeted them and called for HIMARS fire," - Brandon Tseng, president and co-founder of Shield AI, which produces the V-BAT UAV.

General characteristics:

▪️Take-off: vertical;
▪️Length: 2.7 m;
▪️Wingspan: 3.0 m;
▪️Weight: 57 kg;
▪️Power plant: 1 Suter TOA 288 two-cylinder engine;
▪️Maximum speed: 90 km/h;
▪️Maximum range: 480 km;
▪️Flight time: 10 hours;
▪️Maximum flight altitude 6,100 m;
▪️The UAV is equipped with electro-optical/mid-wave infrared cameras.