Engineers of the International Development & Aid Project took a standard Utility Drone and modified it for highly effective mine clearance operations. This improvised drone uses a powerful sensor ring to detect mines as it flies low above the ground. It then releases one of its 4 demining charges from a higher altitude in order to safely detonate mines or other types of ordnance below.
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Design
This is a premium asset that requires ownership of the Laws of War DLC.
The Demining Drone is miniature VTOL-capable hexacopter that is small enough to be carried in a backpack.
Features
It is primarily designed to dispose of land mines from the air by dropping light charges on top or near them in order to safely trigger them from a distance.
Whenever a charge is deployed, it creates a loud whistling noise that can be easily heard. The charges themselves also emit a coloured trail of smoke to make them highly visible from afar.
To prevent damage to the airframe itself, it is recommended that the charges only be dropped at a minimum safe altitude of 25 m and above. For optimal results, taking manual control of the drone is recommended for the demining process.
Protection
The Demining Drone has a base armour value of just 0.5.
Sensors
Exclusively designed for mine disposal, the Demining Drone has only one unique sensor available:
Mine Detector
The Demining Drone is able to sense the location of buried landmines and IEDs within a 360 degree radius and at a maximum distance of 50 m from the drone's current position.
Unlike other types of sensors, there is no azimuth or elevation restriction.
Trivia
The Demining Drone is inspired by a Dutch-made concept UAV model that was designed by the Micro Air Vehicle Lab (MAVLab), an educational institution based at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Along with the Utility Drone, the Demining Drone is currently one of the only two rotary-wing based air assets in ArmA 3 that utilise six rotors.
It is the first vehicle in the entire series that is designed exclusively for carrying out EOD duties.
Demining Drone development concepts. Note how the second design (from the left) is reused for Macrotech's "IM-5 Monitor".
A billboard in the IDAP showcase mentions that Demining Drones are manufactured by an Armaverse company called the Macrotech Corporation.
One of the Demining Drone's initial concept mockups are also used as a basis for Macrotech's "IM-5 Monitor" (though the drone itself is not featured as a usable asset).
Following the release of the Contact expansion pack, Eastern European NATO forces are also briefly depicted using the Demining Drone (though they aren't shown utilising it outside of the campaign).
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