Russia is planning a tethered mother drone carrying up to six wired mini spy UAVs
- Russia patented a carrier drone capable of deploying six tethered reconnaissance copters
- One airborne platform controls multiple surveillance drones through physical cable connections simultaneously
- Each tethered copter receives power and commands directly from the carrier aircraft
A newly-patented Russian drone design turns a single aircraft into a mobile hub for up to six smaller spy copters.
Engineers at the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School, known as NVVKU, filed the patent through Russia's Ministry of Defence.
Rather than flying alone, the carrier drone launches, controls, and later retrieves a fleet of tethered reconnaissance units.
A hub drone that multiplies eyes in the sky
Instead of one aircraft scanning one area, the design lets several copters fan out from a single launch point simultaneously.
Each remote unit carries its own flight controller, gyroscopes, camera, and video transmitter, functioning almost as an independent aircraft.
What separates it from a typical swarm is the...
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