Equipment developed by XMobots has an autonomy of 10 hours and will be used in border surveillance operations.
From the first half of 2022, the Brazilian Army will have an important ally in surveillance, security and border monitoring operations. The period will be marked by the delivery of a Category 2 (CAT 2 - up to 150 kg) Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (SARP), containing three 150 kg remotely piloted aircraft equipped with radars, 3D scanners and a refined camera system with real-time video transmission. The system, called the Nauru 1000C, was developed by national manufacturer XMobots and is being exhibited for the first time during the 6th Mostra BID Brasil, considered the largest event for Brazil's defense and security industrial base. The show takes place in Brasilia between December 7 and 9.
The SARP was built at the XMobots factory located in São Carlos-SP, in a plant of more than 6,000 square meters, considered the largest aerial robot development center in Latin America and the 14th largest in the world. There are around 170 specialists, including around 60 engineers, focused on the development and manufacture of unmanned aircraft and technologies such as intelligence analysis software, sensors, among others.
Inside the Nauru 1000C system
More than just a drone, the Nauru 1000C is one of the world's most advanced systems for security and defense missions, and the only one in Latin America manufactured for this purpose.
With electric VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing), the system uses the efficiency of 8 motors with independent batteries, allowing automatic vertical take-offs and landings and enabling take-off and landing in critical and confined environments. The drone also has a 50-liter fuel tank, which guarantees long flight autonomy(see technical specifications table).
The system, whose piloting is 100% automatic, has a communication range of 60 km and a payload capacity of 18 kg. On-board technologies include radars and a high-precision 3D scanner, as well as the XSIS (XMobots Stabilized Imaging System) gimbal system, the first gimbal for defence and security produced in Brazil. Developed by XMobots using state-of-the-art technology, the XSIS consists of an electro-optical camera with an optical zoom of up to 30 times; a thermal infrared sensor; a telerometer sensor (laser target designator) and a laser pointer.
Giovani Amianti, CEO of XMobots, reveals that the technology embedded in the Nauru 1000C system represents an unprecedented advance in the aerial robotics industry in Brazil and Latin America, paving the way for different applications in the area of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance. It took years of development, working tirelessly to reach this stage of technological maturity. "With the launch of the Nauru 1000C, XMobots is opening doors to many markets that until now had only found this type of technology in systems manufactured in the USA, Europe and Asia, which were extremely expensive due to import costs and lacked an after-sales service based in Brazil," says the executive.
The system will be on display at the BID Brazil Exhibition between December 7 and 9.
Features of the Nauru 1000C:
Dimensions: Width 7.7 m | Length 2.9 m | Height 0.98 m
Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW): 150 kgf
Maximum Payload Weight: 18.0 kgf
VTOL aircraft: Fixed wing + multirotor
Hybrid propulsion: Combustion and electric (single-engine fixed-wing, octacopter multi-rotor)
Autonomy: 10 h
Cruising speed: 111 Km/h
Operational ceiling: 10,000 ft
MTOW: 150 kg