UAVs in Russian Armed Forces: News

Viktor wrote:Defense Ministry will buy 34 Russian drone

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MOSCOW, October 3 - RIA Novosti. first sample of the impact of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), weighing 20 tons, is being developed by "dry", will appear in 2018, and the five-ton hammer drone, developed by "Falcon" will be created at the turn of 2015 - 2016, told RIA Novosti on Thursday, a high-ranking source in the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC).

GarryB wrote:It is not just new toys, it is important to be able to use them in surprise situations that are not planned well in advance... this is very good.

I have heard about things like this in the Soviet times where a scheduled exercise... say a tank shooting exercise would start with the tank crews being ordered to fill the fuel tanks and external tanks and then drive for 10 hours to a shooting range 1,000km away for their firing test with no prior warning.

...real testing.

flamming_python wrote:If US special forces and Russain Spetsnaz end up in a duel with each other than I'd say that the special forces commands of both countries have fucked up majorly with their intelligence and task-planning.

TR1 wrote:

flamming_python wrote:If US special forces and Russain Spetsnaz end up in a duel with each other than I'd say that the special forces commands of both countries have fucked up majorly with their intelligence and task-planning.

Seriously, that's one of the least likely scenarios ever.

Sujoy wrote:A reporter from Voice of Russia told me  yesterday that Russia’s Berkut Aero design bureau is working on a drone based on the Berkut VL superlight two-seat helicopter.

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Iran, Russia has presented a copy of the UAV ScanEagle October 22nd, 1:45
The commander of aerospace forces of the Revolutionary Guards ( IRGC ) of Iran , Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh October 21, 2013 donated to being in an official visit to Iran, the commander of the Russian Air Force and Air Defence , Lieutenant General VN Bondarev Iranian copy of the U.S. Small unmanned aircraft Boeing Insitu ScanEagle (Yasur).

" ScanEagle UAV production of the Revolutionary Guards is a symbol of Iran's technical capabilities ," said Hajizadeh . The general gave the machine as a gift , " General Bondarev and Russian people." Lieutenant General VN Bondarev in his response, welcomed the possibility of the IRGC , and said that Iran has made great achievements and successes . Bondarev a delegation arrived in Iran on October 19 for a four-day visit at the invitation of the Iranian Air Force commander Brigadier General Hassan Shah- Safi .

18 kg small UAV Boeing Insitu ScanEagle in recent years and is widely used by the Navy U.S. Marine Corps , as well as some U.S. allies , including for surveillance in the waters of the Persian Gulf. In 2012, Iran stated that the IRGC forces captured two fallen into Iranian territorial waters UAV ScanEagle, and that it will take steps to copy them (one of the UAVs caught allegedly belonged to the Canadian Navy) . At the beginning of 2013 were shown the first mass-produced copies of the Iranian UAV ScanEagle, called Yasur, and in September the delivery of the armed forces of Iran.

GarryB wrote:Sorry... that is news to me.

This link to a site that is no longer live from 2010 has some good information about Russian UAV makers... obviously it is out of date now but you might find it interesting:

http://igorrgroup.blogspot.co.nz/2010/05/russia-uavs-part-1.html