ZALA has delivered T-16 TAFs to Aurora-BAS for operations on Sakhalin Island

ZALA and Aurora Airlines' subsidiary Aurora-BAS signed a contract for the supply of a modernised ZALA T-16 unmanned aerial system. The agreement was signed during the Wings of Sakhalin International Forum.

The ZALA T-16 system will join the Sakhalin operator's fleet and will enable it to efficiently perform aerial monitoring of vast territories. The key objective of the co-operation is to integrate unmanned aerial vehicles into a common airspace with manned aviation and to develop unmanned technologies in the Far East.

The ZALA T-16 aircraft is highly autonomous: the flight duration is more than 4 hours and the data transmission range exceeds 70 kilometres. It is equipped with high-resolution cameras and thermal imaging cameras, which allows it to operate day and night, as well as in poor visibility conditions: in fog and low cloud cover.

An important feature of the complex is the onboard artificial intelligence, which automatically recognises objects and threats, significantly speeding up information analysis. The ZALA T-16 has already proven its effectiveness in harsh climatic conditions, including the Far North and Siberia, and is massively used to monitoring of fuel and energy facilities all over Russia.