Elbit Methods has unveiled a small unmanned quadcopter designed to find, establish, and assault enemy personnel. The Lanius has an autonomous mode for take-off, navigation, and scouting. Primarily based on a racing quadcopter, the Lanius is extremely manoeuvrable and able to flying inside buildings. Utilizing the photographs from its electro-optics and a simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) algorithm, it will possibly collect knowledge to construct and replace three-dimensional maps of its atmosphere. This functionality additionally permits it to establish doorways and home windows that it will possibly fly via so it will possibly proceed scanning inside buildings. A promotional video reveals one detonating behind a gunman firing from a window and one other touchdown to attend for an individual to stroll via a closed door.
The Lanius can use Wi-Fi or software-defined radio communications. The battery-powered unmanned aerial automobile (UAV) has a most take-off weight of 1.25 kg, a payload weight of 150 g, an operational pace of as much as 72 km/h when flying outdoor, and an endurance of seven minutes. The system can be able to autonomously figuring out hostile people, though insists an assault can solely be performed with the approval of a human operator. It has supplied no particulars of the warhead, saying solely that deadly or non-lethal payloads may be carried. Lanius can be utilized as a person unit or as a part of a swarm utilizing the Legion-X system for controlling a number of unmanned methods.
Commercial
Key Options
Legion-X appropriate
Racer Quadcopter drone body and motor – high- pace engagement
Navigation and mapping indoor/out of doors/transition
Onboard computing energy supporting AI superior algorithm for collision avoidance/mapping/ classification
Wi-Fi or SDR communication
Extremely autonomous tactical sUAS
A part of the Legion-X robotic and autonomous fight answer, LANIUS is a extremely maneuverable and versatile drone-based loitering munition designed for short-range operation within the city atmosphere. The system can autonomously scout and map buildings and factors of curiosity for attainable threats, detecting, classifying and syncing to Elbit Methods’ Legion-X options. LANIUS can carry deadly or non-lethal payloads, able to performing a broad spectrum of mission profiles for particular forces, army, regulation enforcement, and HLS. The Legion-X robotic and autonomous system permits management and coordination of a networked group of heterogeneous autonomous methods that may act as a cohesive unit and individually, as a part of an total fight community system.
