"Narai 3.0" UAV Produced by 80 Units

04 Juli 2019

Narai vertical UAV (photo : Sompong Nondhasa)

Today at the Department of Education, Naval Salaya, Admiral Luechai Ruddidit, Naval Commander presided over the award ceremony honoring the Royal Thai Navy Researcher.

Outstanding work in research 2019, which received an outstanding award in the year 2019, is a vertical unmanned aerial vehicle named the Narai 3.0 model with Dr. Panupong Chumsin as project officer  which is further developed in the 3rd generation.

Is the creation of unmanned aircraft, 4 rotor and control systems suitable for military operations compact, removable, foldable convenient to move, easy to use and maintenance.

Including being able to connect to the command control system for operating between departments as well this aircraft can be programmed to fly at a speed of 60 km/h, flying for 30 minutes, operating approximately 2 km, carrying 1 kg.

Stick the camera that can operate day and night, use the GPS system to navigate.  

At present, there are many agencies that use to carry out the mission in flight, photographing the situation and transferring the signal to the command control system used in the border patrol : drug detection Invasion, logging in the forest, etc.

In addition to being used in the Navy also used in the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters Suranaree, Pha Muang task forces which has been built to be used for more than 80 machines.

For the price of aircraft with daytime cameras and computer control units, the price is 350,000 baht, and the night vision camera model is 450,000 baht, the price of the aircraft is 200,000 baht.

Thus reducing procurement from foreign countries and using domestic products in accordance with the policy "Self-reliance"

(AAG)