Stephen Trimble from the DEWline reports Russia’s strange absence of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) stands out among the world’s biggest military spenders. The idea of home-grown, medium-altitude UAV for surveillance and strike is certainly not some US and Israeli fetish. China has the Pterodactyl (also known as Wing-Loong), India has the Rustom. Even relatively smaller spenders, like the United...
Unlike AUVSI 2011 Washington where no sUAS flying took outdoors as regulations don’t permit it the MAKS show in Russia had an airframe completing security flights around the event. From 15th to 21st August ZALA AERO GROUP demonstrated its latest development UAS ZALA 421-16E at MAKS airshow in conjunction with manned aviation. ZALA AERO GROUP revealed its latest fixed wing UAS ZALA...
ZALA AERO GROUP has developed a brand-new unmanned aircraft system with superior performance characteristics in comparison with current UAS available on the national market. Advanced aerodynamics and gyrostabilization allow for exceptionally quality photo and video reconnaissance using 18 Mpx Electro and Optical 20x zoom camera. UAV is designed in company’s custom “flying wing” manner with pushing propulsion system. “We...
Russia’s leading drone developer, Vega, will unveil its latest model at the MAKS-2011 air show. Company spokesman Alexei Nedelin said that the new drone, named Luch after the design bureau that developed the bulk of the technology, can be armed with up to 170 kg of weapons systems along with control systems. The Luch represents one of the first...
Lutch, Russia’s first unmanned air vehicle (UAV) designed to carry out air strikes, will be shown at the Moscow air show next week, according to its producer, Vega. “Vega will show a full-scale mock-up of the Lutch medium-range UAV at MAKS 2011,” a Vega representative said. “Lutch is designed for optical reconnaissance, radar, radio-relay and electronic reconnaissance missions,” he...
Vienna, Rostov-on-Don, 30 June 2011 OAO Gorizont (Russia) and Schiebel(Austria) have joined forces to deliver an Unmanned Air System (UAS) in Russia based on the famous and proven S-100 unmanned helicopter. One UAS will be soon in operational use for a government customer. The focus for the collaboration is the civil UAS market in Russia and the opportunities forthis...
Russia to independently manufacture advanced Israeli drones, after Israel delivers 12 unmanned aerial vehicles in a $53 million deal. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has completed the delivery of a dozen unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Russia, paving the way for the implementation of a joint venture under which Russia will independently manufacture advanced Israeli drones. In a $53 million...
Israel Aerospace Industries said on Wednesday it has signed a contract with the Russian defense firm Oboronprom on the delivery of assembly components and servicing for aerial drones. “The deal will begin to be implemented during 2011,” the company said in a statement posted on its website. The contract was signed in the presence of the Russian Minister of...
Russian domestically built unmanned aerial vehicles have completed a series of tests, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Monday. The tests were carried out in Nizhny Novgorod Region in central Russia and were observed by a special military commission led by Col. Gen. Alexander Postnikov, chief commander of the Ground Forces. Domestic UAV manufacturers were found to have made...
Russia continues to impress the Independent Development Laboratory especially so. In business since1996 with a short break in 2005 due to a lack of funds the team have 14 years of experience behind them and it shows. The focus of their early years was the development of telemetry and high-speed data transmission systems. Since 1999 they have been working on development...
