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RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES TO GET FIRST HOME-MADE DRONE IN 2014
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 28, 2012 - 17:32 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The first domestically-developed strike unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) will be put in service with the Russian armed
forces by the end of 2014, a defense industry source said on Thursday,
June 28, RIA Novosti reported.
In early April, Russia's Defense Ministry issued a technical
specification for the development of the drone. The new aircraft is
expected to have a modular structure and be able to carry various
types of equipment and armament.
"St. Petersburg-based Tranzas company has been ordered to start flight
tests of the strike drone in the beginning of 2014 in order to put it
in service by the end of the same year," the source told RIA Novosti
at the engineering technology forum in Zhukovsky.
The source did not reveal the details of the weapons load as they
are classified, but said the drone will weigh about a ton.
President Vladimir Putin said on June 14 that Russia must develop a
range of military UAVs, including strike and reconnaissance types as
soon as possible.
Russia plans to spend around 400 billion rubles ($13 billion) on UAV
development in the next eight years.
Moscow has so far bought two Bird Eye-400, eight I-View Mk150 and
two Searcher Mk.2 UAVs, totaling $53 million, from Israel.
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 28, 2012 - 17:32 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The first domestically-developed strike unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) will be put in service with the Russian armed
forces by the end of 2014, a defense industry source said on Thursday,
June 28, RIA Novosti reported.
In early April, Russia's Defense Ministry issued a technical
specification for the development of the drone. The new aircraft is
expected to have a modular structure and be able to carry various
types of equipment and armament.
"St. Petersburg-based Tranzas company has been ordered to start flight
tests of the strike drone in the beginning of 2014 in order to put it
in service by the end of the same year," the source told RIA Novosti
at the engineering technology forum in Zhukovsky.
The source did not reveal the details of the weapons load as they
are classified, but said the drone will weigh about a ton.
President Vladimir Putin said on June 14 that Russia must develop a
range of military UAVs, including strike and reconnaissance types as
soon as possible.
Russia plans to spend around 400 billion rubles ($13 billion) on UAV
development in the next eight years.
Moscow has so far bought two Bird Eye-400, eight I-View Mk150 and
two Searcher Mk.2 UAVs, totaling $53 million, from Israel.