Bulgaria's Dronmika and Germany's Hensoldt tested an unmanned early warning system, which is offered as a low-cost alternative to manned AWACS aircraft.
For the test, we used a Black Swan cargo UAV with a PrecISR radar, an Argos optical-electronic system and a MissionGrid complex to locate air, ground and sea targets.
Together they make it possible to identify and track air, land and sea targets.
However, the detection range, cost and effectiveness against air targets are still unknown, so the device is more likely to be seen as an addition to AWACS aircraft and ground-based radars, rather than a replacement for them.
During tests in Bulgaria, the complex successfully detected cars and ships moving on the Danube.
In the future, they plan to use it for long-range surveillance of NATO's eastern flank, including the Black Sea.