Not only large companies are benefiting from the significant increase in Spanish defence spending, but also the small drone manufacturer Alpha Unmanned Systems (AUS), based in San Sebastián de los Reyes north of Madrid. It manufactures the Alfa 900 miniature unmanned helicopter, which the Spanish Navy was able to demonstrate to the partner nations during this year's NATO manoeuvres in operational use, both in terms of integrated data exchange and integration into the command and control system. The demonstrator platform was the FUROR (P-46), which lent itself as an OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel - Buque de Acción Marítima (BAM)) for the initial trials and integration. All elements of the Alfa 900 are designed redundantly in accordance with NATO specifications. The petrol engine supplies the batteries via a generator, which in turn feed all the sensors. With a payload of one kilogramme, the operating time is four hours - with six kilogrammes, this time is reduced to one hour. The radius of action with encrypted data exchange is specified as 50 kilometres. Immediately after the first presentation two years ago, Greece ordered a set of five UAVs including a control station for surveillance and reconnaissance tasks, primarily at the island state's external borders. The predecessor model, the Alfa 800, is already being flown in Spain and mainly in Israel, but also in Indonesia, Hungary, Turkey and Georgia, as well as in the USA.
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