![]() In February 2023, a Lancet drone targeted and struck a rare Ukrainian T-84 tank. On 4 November 2022, a Gyurza-M-class gunboat of the Ukrainian Navy was damaged by a Lancet drone, the first time a Lancet attacked a naval target during the war. Among the targets damaged or destroyed were S-300 missile systems, a Buk-M1 missile system, a T-64 tank, Western-supplied M777 and FH70 howitzers, as well as M109, AHS Krab and CAESAR self-propelled howitzers. In late 2022, multiple videos appeared on social networks showing Lancet drones striking a variety of Ukrainian military targets, such as air defence systems, self-propelled howitzers, tanks and military trucks. A month later, the first video of their combat use in Ukraine emerged. On 8 June 2022, Russian defence corporation Rostec announced that Lancet and KUB drones were deployed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In April 2021, it was engaged in strikes against Tahrir al-Sham in the Idlib Governorate. The Lancet has been combat tested in Syria during the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war since at least November 2020. Lancet utilizes the Jetson TX2 module by NVIDIA as its onboard control equipment and the Xilinx Zynq SoC module by Xilinx, an American company owned by AMD, for implementing programmable logic. Russian sources state a Lancet costs about 3 million rubles ( $35,000). The drone is powered by an electric motor. Lancet can be launched via catapult launcher from ground or sea platforms like the Raptor-class patrol boats. In this role, the drone dives at maximum speed up to 300 kilometres per hour (190 mph) and strikes enemy unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) mid-flight. According to Zala Aero Chief Designer Alexander Zakharov, the Lancet can be used in so called "air mining" role. The drone features intelligence, navigation and communications modules. It features optical-electronic guidance and TV guidance unit, which allows the munition to be controlled during the terminal stage of flight. In combat mode, it can be armed either with high explosive (HE) or HE- fragmentation warheads. It has a maximum range of 40 kilometres (25 mi) and a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of up to 12 kilograms (26 lb). The ZALA Lancet can be used for both reconnaissance and strike missions. ZALA Lancet, front view Description ZALA Lancet, side view It is a further development of the ZALA KYB-UAV (also known as KUB-BLA) loitering munition. ![]() It was first unveiled in June 2019 at the ARMY-2019 military expo in Moscow. The ZALA Lancet (official designation: Item 52/Item 51) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and loitering munition developed by the Russian company ZALA Aero Group (part of Kalashnikov Concern) for the Russian Armed Forces.
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