The network has photos of Russian drone, the development of which was of confidential nature. The picture published as an illustration in an interview with the director of Rybinsk Design Bureau “Luch”, according to “Rossiyskaya Gazeta».
On the Internet there was a picture of the Russian unmanned aerial vehicle, not previously demonstrated the general public. Photos taken as one of the illustrations to interview the director of Rybinsk Design Bureau “Luch”, a member of the group “Vega”. Perhaps it is a new UAV tactical class created by the project “Le Corsaire” for the Russian Defense Ministry.
A leading Russian expert in the field of unmanned systems Denis Fedutinov notes that the picture confirms the available initially the assumption that this case is likely to go about creating complex UAV, which is similar in its dimensions to the American apparatus Shadow, actively operated by the US Army in Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns.
«We can assume that the” Le Corsaire “, apparently will be able to perform reconnaissance at distances up to 100 kilometers, staying in the air for 8-12 hours “- said Fedutinov, RIA” Novosti ».
The development of this complex was classified information. For the first time information about the creation of this unmanned aerial vehicle appeared in 2013, then this information was not confirmed. Only this year, before the show “Army 2015″ on the establishment of the first prototype of the Russian spy drone of small class “Le Corsaire”, a spokesman for the Joint instrument-making corporations.
The information has been confirmed only in the current year, when on the eve of the exhibition “Army-2015″ representative of the Joint instrument-Corporation (DIC, is a “Rostec”), which is now integrated group “Vega”, announced the creation of the first prototype of the Russian spy drone of small class “Le Corsaire».
Shown in the photo UAVs made by traditional devices of this class two-beam scheme with a pusher propeller and tail in the form of a reverse V.
On the eve of the MAKS-2015 CEO of DIC, Alexander Yakunin said that the delivery of prototypes of drones small class ” Corsair “Russian Armed Forces will begin with the end of 2016. According to him, the start of series production is planned for the first quarter of 2017, output at full capacity – up to the end of 2017.
In May, CEO of DIC Sergei Skokov said that in Russia, created the first program for the development of drones, calculated in the years 2016-2025. In the case of adoption of the program by 2025, the country’s law enforcement agencies will be able to get hundreds of unmanned vehicles of Russian production.
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