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Leading developer and manufacturer of UAVs. We provide services in aerial monitoring, aerial photography, laser scanning.
ZALA Aero Group develops and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for defense and civilian applications. Key products include the ZALA 421-12 micro UAV for front-line reconnaissance with color video camera payload, ZALA 421-08 and ZALA 421-16E series for surveillance in extreme conditions like Arctic operations, and ZALA 421-16Ev2 in serial production. They supply to Russian Ministry of Defence and foreign countries, operating from Russia with in-house autopilots, airframes, catapults, and payloads. They are the only Russian producer of unmanned helicopters, portable anti-drone EW systems, and VTOL drones.
Active products
1
Top-rated product
80.7
/100
ZALA 421-12
Company facts
- HQ
- Izhevsk, Russia
- Founded
- 2003 · 23 yrs
- Website
- zala-aero.com/en
Trusted by
- Russian Ministry of Defenceen.wikipedia.org ↗
Milestones
Launched serial production of ZALA 421-16Ev2 UAV.
Press coverage
- Russia's Zala Aero Begins Serial Production of New UAV
UAS Vision · May 2018
- Russia company makes drones for Arctic work
GPS World
Active products by ZALA Aero
1 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | ZALA 421-12 | Research | Payload 5 kg·Top speed 30.6 m/s | 2015 | 80.7 |
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