Corsair UAS for Russia in 2016

Corsair

Russia’s United Instrument Corporation (UIC) will start supplying the small-class Corsair surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the Russian Armed Forces in late 2016, the company’s CEO Alexander Yakunin told RIA Novosti.“We are currently implementing a big project on the creation of a prospective small-class Corsair UAV and organization of its serial production. The production is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2017 and reach its planned capacity before the end of 2017. However, we expect to begin Corsair supplies as early as the end of 2016,” Yakunin said.

Launch of Zastava UAV during an exercise in missile strike and artillery fire control at the Chebarkul firing range of the Central Military District in the Chelyabinsk Region.

According to Yakunin, creating a new drone, designed mainly for surveillance of a range of up to 50 kilometers (31 miles), is a unique project for the Russian defense industry.

“For Russia, this is a brand new industry: no projects at the intersection of the aircraft industry and radio electronics of such a scale were implemented before. Thus UIC will supply the Defence Ministry with everything it needs regarding the UAVs of this class,” Yakunin said.

Sudden operational readiness test of Central Military District and airborne troops
Last week, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that in 2014 the Russian Army received 179 new UAVs, which is “almost as many as we received in all the previous years.”

Earlier in 2014, the Russian Defence Ministry said it would spend about $9.2 billion on drones by 2020.

Top Photo: Sputnik/Evgeny Blyatov

Middle Photo: Sputnik/ Pavel LISITSYN

Lower Photo: Sputnik/ Vladislav BELOGRUD

Source: Sputnik

 

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