Analysis of the use of unmanned aviation and army aviation during a combat operation

Abstract

The article is interesting for professional military and researchers who are engaged in the development of methods and methods for using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in military operations. The purpose of the article is to analyze the use of UAVs in Azerbaijan-Armenia War (Second Karabakh War) in 2020.

The article presents the main types of UAVs that were applied to Azerbaijan troops during the war, as well as their tactical and technical characteristics are revealed. The main tasks of the Army aviation on intelligence and supply of information in the interests of the terrestrial component and are relatively with the capabilities of the UAVs on the implementation of similar tasks are presented. It has been found that tasks that can perform UAV are: air opto-electronic intelligence; determination of coordinates, sizes and other characteristics of objects of damage (goals) and adjusting the fire of artillery units; exploration of ways to nominate units and their support in the course of nomination; Radio-electronic struggle; retransmission of communication in combat management systems; application by military facilities, etc.