Ukrainian company Altair Technologies has developed TOR A, an electric aircraft-type unmanned platform designed for reconnaissance, transport, strike support, munition release and air-defense testing. Its modular architecture allows one airframe to be configured for different operational roles.
TOR A has a composite matrix-produced body measuring 2,230 millimeters in length and 2,960 millimeters across the wing. The empty aircraft weighs seven kilograms, carries up to six kilograms of payload and has a maximum takeoff mass of 26 kilograms. The remaining mass includes the lithium-ion battery, electronics, communications and mission equipment.
Electric flight profile
The stated cruise speed is 72 kilometers per hour, range reaches 150 kilometers and maximum altitude is two thousand meters. Endurance in an FPV-equipped configuration can reach one hundred minutes, although wind, temperature, battery condition and payload drag influence actual performance.
The aircraft launches from a ground launcher and lands conventionally with a short ground roll. Deployment and preparation for another launch each require fifteen to twenty minutes, while packing the complex takes about five minutes. A crew consists of two or three operators.
An airborne carrier for smaller drones
One of the most distinctive roles of the TOR family is carrying compact FPV drones and relaying their control signal. The larger aircraft can move them closer to the mission area, extend practical operating depth and release either conventional FPV systems or specialized interceptors.
The basic TOR A complex includes three electric aircraft, a ground-control station with antenna, controller and laptop, a launcher, transport container and spare-parts kit. Payload and relay equipment are selected according to the customer specification.
TOR A is valuable not because of one record characteristic, but because it combines reusable flight, a meaningful payload and rapid reconfiguration. It represents the shift of Ukrainian unmanned aviation from isolated drones toward modular airborne systems connecting surveillance, communications, delivery and FPV deployment.
