In Siberia, a prototype of a large unmanned aircraft with an action radius of 1 thousand kilometers was created, Izvestia wrote. According to the document, the project “Airless Aviation System” is participating in the project.
At the end of the summer – early autumn, unmanned aircraft intends to go to the air and test Taiga Siberia. According to the newspaper, it was originally planned to use UAV as transportation between settlements located at a large distance together. However, now the unmanned aircraft will be required as a military transportation or bomber. He does not need a runway, he can drop the container on the umbrella and can carry at least 200 kg of load.
“The size of the unmanned aircraft is impressive: the length of the aircraft body is about 6 m and the wing of the wing is about 10 … The unmanned aircraft is equipped with a 100 HP piston engine and will be able to fly up to 1000 km at 150-180 km/h,” the article.
According to military expert Vasily Dandykin, this device does not use once: it can return after he removed the download at the destination. In mid -February, a new American unmanned aircraft was noticed in the region. This drone is capable of flying vertically and land, developed by experts Martin UAV, then the project was transferred to AI protection. In 2021, US Navy forces selected V-Bat to create a prototype and check the use of unmanned aircraft from warships.