VLADIVOSTOK, September 1. /TASS/. A domestically produced combat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed for speeds ranging from 200 to 260 km per hour and developed by the Far Eastern design bureau Veter, has been unveiled at the Trans-Baikal Region pavilion during the Eastern Economic Forum, a TASS correspondent reports.
"The UAV design features are directly related to the physics of using the drone specifically at high speeds. It has a special compartment for standard ammunition used by the Defense Ministry," Sergey Tatyankin, the bureau’s technical director, told TASS.
The drone is capable of reaching speeds ranging from 200 to 260 km per hour. It features a propeller-driven powerplant equipped with locally manufactured engines for this purpose. In addition, the drone can carry a payload of up to 850 grams, which is equivalent to the weight of a single munition. The UAV is equipped with an automatic target-guidance system. Thus, the operator can engage a target in either manual or automatic mode.
"Using the control center developed by the bureau, we can deploy from one to 10 drones across Russia and control them remotely from a safe distance for the operator. We can establish an optical link there ranging from five to 20-25 kilometers," the developer emphasized.
