France's General Directorate of Armaments, a body within the Ministry of Defense, begins testing
What is known
Office on its official Twitter pagepublished a photo from which it is clear that the AVATAR is equipped with six screws, i.e. is a hexacopter. It will probably replace the DJI Matrice 600. The French tested the Chinese company's UAV several years ago, but failed to achieve the desired results.
AVATAR est un projet de mini-#drone armé mené parDGA Techniques terrestres sous l’impulsion de l’@Agence_ID, qui permettra à l’@armeedeterre de réaliser des travaux technico-opérationnels pour affiner la compréhension des avantages et inconvénients de ce type de systèmes pic.twitter.com/1VCSwd8wex
— Direction générale de l’armement (@DGA) September 22, 2022
The main feature of AVATAR is that the drone is equipped with a German HK416 assault rifle. The French Ministry of Defense wants the drone to be able to hit targets at a distance of 100-150m.
At what stage is the French development,has not yet been specified. At the same time, it is known that the General Directorate of Armaments intends to begin combat tests at the end of 2022 or the beginning of 2023. Now experts want to solve the problem of strong recoil during shooting.