At the DSEI 2025 exhibition in London, the Czech-Ukrainian company UAC presented the MACE unmanned aerial strike complex. This is reported by Army Recognition.
The new product has a total length of 1.56 meters and a wingspan of 1.92 meters, a take-off weight of 11.5 kg with a 2.5 kg warhead. The warhead is combined - cumulative-fragmentation.
The drone is designed for reconnaissance, precision strikes, destruction of vehicles and infrastructure, as well as missions carried out in conjunction with other unmanned platforms. In other words, it can employ swarm tactics.
The MACE is capable of staying in the air for up to 75 minutes, flying at a cruising speed of 20-25 m/s (72-90 km/h). It is designed for use in a variety of climatic conditions, with a temperature range of minus 30 to plus 50 degrees Celsius, and can withstand winds of up to 20 m/s. The drone can operate day and night.
The maximum flight altitude is 2000 meters and the launch is carried out using a pneumatic catapult. The MACE uses an electric motor for flight and is controlled by an autopilot with fully automatic and navigation modes.
Guidance can be done after launch, for this the operator uses an automatic guidance system based on computer vision. It is also possible to set the coordinates for the strike in advance.
The publication notes that MACE has systems for protecting against electronic warfare, namely against GPS and GLONASS jamming, as well as coordinate substitution (the so-called "spoofing"). In the event of interference, the system automatically switches to inertial navigation with error correction. Communication channels are also protected, they have AES 128/256 encryption.
Telemetry and video transmission are transmitted up to 35 kilometers in line-of-sight conditions, while MESH technology increases this distance to 100 kilometers. The system also supports two-way digital communication, which allows for the transmission of signals between drones and facilitates reconnaissance or combat operations.
It should be noted that UAC is a branch of the private Ukrainian company DeViRo, which has been developing and producing military-grade drones since 2014. The MACE drone itself is an export version of the Ukrainian "Bulava".
It was previously reported that Ukrainian developments are actively sought at international defense industry exhibitions. This was stated by the director of Military Armored Company HUB Oleksandr Dubyna. According to him, Ukrainian inventions are cheap, but at the same time very effective.