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{{Short description|Micro air vehicle}}
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'''ZALA 421-08''' is a [[micro air vehicle]] developed and produced by the [[Izhevsk]], Russia, based [[ZALA Aero]] company. It is a small, portable UAV platform. Weighing 9&nbsp;kg, it includes 2 aerial vehicles, compact [[UAV ground control station|ground control station]], 2 spare power supply kits and a backpack container used for transportation. ZALA 421-08 is designed for front-line reconnaissance, overground and oversea surveillance.
It takes 3 minutes to prepare ZALA for launching. The UAV is operated in autonomous or semi-autonomous mode.

== Variants ==
'''421-08M'''

: Improved variant with a longer range radio link <ref>{{Cite news |last=Rychagov |first=Mikhail |date=October 19, 2017 |title=«Карманный» дрон-разведчик для тактического звена проходит госиспытания в России |work=Zvezda |url=https://tvzvezda.ru/news/201710191339-okl3.htm |access-date=October 26, 2022}}</ref>

== Specifications ==
'''Physical:'''
*Wingspan: 0.8 m
*Length: 0.41 m
*Weight: 1.7&nbsp;kg
*Flight altitude: 3600 m max above sea level
*Radio link: 15&nbsp;km
*Maximum flight duration: 90 min – with electric engine
*Speed range: 65–150&nbsp;km/h
*Launch: autonomously from hands
*Landing: parachute
*Navigation: Glonass/GPS
*Overall size (2 UAVs and GCS): 8&nbsp;kg

'''Payload:'''
* Color Video camera  (550 [[Television lines|TVL]])
* Infrared camera
* Photo camera (10 megapixels)

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Zala 421-08}}
* [https://zala-aero.com Official site.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417070904/https://zala-aero.com/ |date=2023-04-17 }}

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[[Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles of Russia]]
[[Category:ZALA aircraft|421-08]]
[[Category:Unmanned military aircraft of Russia]]


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