With the development of unmanned technology in military equipment, the future will see more and more unmanned systems combining manned and unmanned elements, as well as fully unmanned ground and air-to-ground integrated combat systems. The development of unmanned equipment, including the use of slip rings, has greatly benefited many process industries. Many unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with opto-electric spheres or remotely piloted combat systems are equipped with slip rings to provide 360-degree circular attack and reconnaissance capabilities.

As a professional slip ring manufacturer, JINPAT has extensive technical experience in the field of vehicle mounted slip rings. Whether it is civilian special vehicles such as fire trucks and cranes, or various attachments, JINPAT can provide the necessary slip rings. Unmanned combat vehicles can be broadly categorised into two types. One type is small disposable products used for one-way flights, such as suicide drones, which are generally not equipped with slip rings to reduce production costs.

In addition to these disposable drones, there is another type of unmanned aerial vehicle that completely replaces manned combat vehicles. To increase the survivability of this type of unmanned combat vehicle, it uses a chassis similar to that of a manned armoured vehicle, with armour, reconnaissance equipment and firepower equivalent to that of a manned vehicle. Typically, the reconnaissance equipment used on such unmanned aerial vehicles is a small radar and an optoelectric turret. To provide comprehensive reconnaissance capabilities, the radar and optoelectric turret on drones are basically unrestricted, so they should be equipped with appropriate contact rings. JINPAT has many examples of developing slip rings for small sensors on such vehicle-mounted equipment.

The firepower system of this armoured unmanned vehicle is equipped with machine guns of various calibres or small-calibre cannons operated from remote battle stations. The battle station typically integrates opto-electric sensors to determine the surrounding environment. Due to different configurations, some remote weapon stations may have rotation restrictions and may not require slip rings. However, once slip rings are installed, these remote weapon stations gain the ability to fire at targets in 360 degrees. Contact rings used in remote weapon stations are relatively simple and typically integrate power circuits for the opto-electric equipment, switching signals for weapon control, and various optical signal paths collected by the opto-electric equipment.

An independent opto-electric turret module mounted on reconnaissance drones requires a larger contact ring specifically designed for opto-electric turrets. Such products typically use 75 ohm coaxial cables to carry integrated high-definition SDI video signals.JINPAT has more than 100 housings of such opto-electric turret slip rings. Sliprings used in small radar systems on unmanned aerial vehicles are determined based on cost and combat requirements and may include high frequency sliprings with 1-4 channels that can transmit a variety of radio signals using 50 ohm coaxial cables.JINPATslipring technology for small radars is now very mature and has the capability for mass production and rapid delivery.