S-70 "Okhotnik" UCAV

thegopnik wrote:There are some confusing sources out there some say its weight is 20 tons, flies, 1000km/h has 5000km range, 2 ton payload and other sources say above 1,400km/s speeds, 25 tons, 6000km range and 6 ton payload.

Russian shock drones will receive 9-A-7759 Thunder planning bombs

The Russian drone drone “Okhotnik” and “Altius” will be armed with high-precision gliding bombs 9-A-7759 “Thunder”. According to Izvestia, citing a source in the military-industrial complex, a fundamental decision on this has already been taken.

According to the publication, the planning bomb 9-A-7759 "Thunder" has already been integrated into the weapons system of the heavy attack drone S-70 "Hunter". Tests for the discharge of mass-scale munitions of ammunition from the drone have already been carried out and are considered successful. In the case of Altius, the integration of planning bombs with the weapon system is not yet complete. In 2018, R&D was conducted to assess the feasibility of using ammunition from a drone, but they were not completed due to a temporary suspension of work on the drone project and the transfer of its development.

It is reported that the Altius medium drone is capable of carrying two gliding munitions 9-A-7759, and the heavy S-70 Hunter up to four in the internal compartments on the external sling.

The planning bomb 9-A-7759 Thunder was developed by Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation in three versions. The weight of the bomb in two versions is about 600 kg, in the third - around 490 kg. The hull length is 4192 cm, the diameter is 310 cm.

Option 9-A-7759, in addition to folding wings, is equipped with a small jet engine. The flight range is 120 km, the mass of military equipment is 315 kg, the power of a high-explosive fragmentation warhead is 2 OFAB 250.

Option 9-A1-7759 - the main engine is replaced with an additional high-explosive fragmentation charge. The flight range is 65 km, the mass of the warhead reaches 480 kg, the power is 1.5 OFAB 500U.

Option 9-A2-7759. It has a high-explosive fragmentation warhead replaced by a thermobaric. The flight range is 65 km, the mass of the warhead is 370 kg, and the power is 2 KAB 500 OD.

Ammunition is inflicted using the onboard inertial navigation system and signals from the GLONASS and NAVSTAR satellites. Deviation from the target at the maximum range is no more than 10 meters.

https://topwar.ru/168386-rossijskie-udarnye-bespilotniki-poluchat-planirujuschie-bomby-9-a-7759-grom.html

dino00 wrote:The cost of heavy shock drones S-70 "Hunter" will be about 1 billion rubles. According to experts, after the start of mass production, the price can be reduced by 40–50% compared with prototypes.

The most expensive component of the Hunter was a glider - it accounts for 45% of the total cost, which is almost 600 million rubles. Another 240 million rubles is the cost of a jet engine.

https://iz.ru/1019435/2020-06-03/nazvana-stoimost-tiazhelykh-udarnykh-bespilotnikov-s-70-okhotnik

Less than 15 million dollars

eridan wrote:Those costs, eventually 10 million USD per aircraft, suggest to me a rather sparsely equipped aircraft. With little in ways of capable sensors. Possibly even the stealth aspect not being focused on as much as one could focus, using state of the art expensive materials.

Which in turn might mean the goal may be more to have a larger fleet of semi-expendable drones for attacking fixed, known targets, basically a bomb truck - rather than a more survivable drone with possible autonomous features, used for a wider range of missions.

eridan wrote:Those costs, eventually 10 million USD per aircraft, suggest to me a rather sparsely equipped aircraft. With little in ways of capable sensors. Possibly even the stealth aspect not being focused on as much as one could focus, using state of the art expensive materials.

Which in turn might mean the goal may be more to have a larger fleet of semi-expendable drones for attacking fixed, known targets, basically a bomb truck - rather than a more survivable drone with possible autonomous features, used for a wider range of missions.

eridan wrote:Those costs, eventually 10 million USD per aircraft, suggest to me a rather sparsely equipped aircraft. With little in ways of capable sensors. Possibly even the stealth aspect not being focused on as much as one could focus, using state of the art expensive materials.

Which in turn might mean the goal may be more to have a larger fleet of semi-expendable drones for attacking fixed, known targets, basically a bomb truck - rather than a more survivable drone with possible autonomous features, used for a wider range of missions.

dino00 wrote:

dino00 wrote:The cost of heavy shock drones S-70 "Hunter" will be about 1 billion rubles. According to experts, after the start of mass production, the price can be reduced by 40–50% compared with prototypes.

The most expensive component of the Hunter was a glider - it accounts for 45% of the total cost, which is almost 600 million rubles. Another 240 million rubles is the cost of a jet engine.

https://iz.ru/1019435/2020-06-03/nazvana-stoimost-tiazhelykh-udarnykh-bespilotnikov-s-70-okhotnik

Less than 15 million dollars

It is planned that the cost of S-70 Okhotnik heavy attack drones will amount to about 1 billion rubles per vehicle, sources in the military-industrial complex told Izvestia. Now prototypes are more expensive, but with mass production they will become cheaper. This will allow you to order a large batch of drones in case of successful completion of the tests.

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https://iz.ru/1019351/anton-lavrov-bogdan-stepovoi/okhotnik-na-milliard-stala-izvestna-tcena-samogo-moshchnogo-drona-rossii

eridan wrote:Those costs, eventually 10 million USD per aircraft, suggest to me a rather sparsely equipped aircraft. With little in ways of capable sensors. Possibly even the stealth aspect not being focused on as much as one could focus, using state of the art expensive materials.

Which in turn might mean the goal may be more to have a larger fleet of semi-expendable drones for attacking fixed, known targets, basically a bomb truck - rather than a more survivable drone with possible autonomous features, used for a wider range of missions.

UAV Hunter: zone of possible applicability - almost all NATO countries


One of the promising weapons that should appear in the Russian Armed Forces in the near future is the Okhotnik heavy attack drone, which began to be created as part of the S-70 program. To date, the prototype of the "Hunter" has passed a series of tests at the airport (including the "jump") and in the sky. One of the test flights was paired - with a fifth-generation fighter Su-57.

With regard to the ongoing work on the Russian heavy impact drone, special attention is paid to its capabilities in the range and duration of combat missions. If you believe the data that began to be published recently, the radius of combat use is up to 3 thousand km.

If we allow future deployment of this type of drones at one of the airfields near the western borders of Russia (for example, along the Bryansk-Smolensk-Pskov line), then we can determine that hypothetical circle with the radius indicated above. In other words, if suddenly it really comes to the combat use of the "Hunter", then the schedule will show which territories it is able to reach during the flight, taking into account the return to the base airfield, what is the target area, even without taking into account the radius of the missiles used.

With the range of applicability of the Russian "Hunter" with its previously announced characteristics in range, almost all European NATO countries fall.


The radius of the Russian attack drone allows it to "reach" the territory right up to Madrid in the west, to Turkish Diyarbakir and further in the south, to cover the whole of Norway in the north-west.


It is clear that in the event of a conflict with NATO countries, the least that may be needed is to “drive” strike drones to the western borders of the European part of the North Atlantic military bloc. Another question is the demonstration of strength and capabilities in response to the ongoing implementation of NATO's expansion policy. The emergence of Russian drones, which, as previously reported, will be equipped with electronic warfare systems, over the neutral waters of the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic is a mission that can play an important role in terms of defending Russia's interests.

By the way, when placing the "Hunters" in the Far East, the territories of the USA and Canada fall into the zone of applicability.

https://topwar.ru/173253-bpla-ohotnik-zona-vozmozhnoj-primenimosti-pochti-vse-strany-nato.html

dino00 wrote:Russia to start serial deliveries of latest heavy strike drone in 2024

LMFS wrote:

dino00 wrote:Russia to start serial deliveries of latest heavy strike drone in 2024

Wow that is VERY fast... and it will coincide with the appearance of the second stage of the Su-57, so they will be able to work in team from the very beginning...