What the Orlan-10 is made of

0 documented parts, from recovered wreckage. Each part gives its marking, maker and country where known, and links the record it comes from. The system itself: Orlan-10.

Sources

Reported parts

  • Engine — Saito FG-40 single-cylinder four-stroke petrol engine (Japan), serial ASSS8EAF4222, from a June 2022 unit source
  • Day camera — Canon EOS 750D (Rebel T6i) consumer DSLR, fixed with Velcro/tape, mode dial glued, found in a Ukrainian MoD teardown (April 2022) source
  • Fuel system detail — Bottle-top fuel cap and duct-taped fittings noted in the same teardown source
  • Navigation module — u-blox (Switzerland) GNSS navigation module source
  • RF transceiver / video encoder — Analog Devices (USA) configurable RF transceiver, video encoder, voltage regulator source
  • Microcontrollers and memory — Microchip Technology (USA) microcontrollers, Ethernet controller and flash; STMicroelectronics microcontrollers source
  • Programmable logic — Xilinx and Altera (USA) FPGAs source
  • Computer-on-module — Gumstix (USA) CoM; ~1,400 GUM3703FEBY processor modules shipped to STC's supplier source
  • Power and video electronics — Texas Instruments (USA) power module, video decoder, audio codec, Wi-Fi module; Traco Power (Switzerland) DC converter; Linear Technology regulator; Qorvo amplifiers source
  • Sensors — TDK (Japan) gyro stabiliser; NXP (Netherlands) pressure sensor; Renesas attenuator; Tai-Saw (Taiwan) SAW filter source
  • Later supply (2023 leaked documents) — Chinese T-Motor propellers/motors and Radiolink flight controllers and GPS modules, Sony cameras, Gpixel CMOS sensors source
  • GNSS chips (CBS teardown) — US and Swiss GNSS chips (Maxim, Microchip, u-blox) accessing GLONASS, GPS and Galileo source

Part records and photos: HUR War & Sanctions, Ukraine's Defence Intelligence database of foreign components found in Russian weapons, and the other sources named on each part. A marking, date code or country is given as the source records it.