Russian drones: the leaders are coming back

August 14, 2007

"Russian companies are resuming R&Ds on drones (unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)), the sphere where Russia used to be a leader. Many countries are doing their utmost to advance in the UAV technologies, which are predicted to bring billions of revenues in the following decade. For a certain period Russian UAVs have not been exhibited at the international air show, which somewhat surprised foreign experts. This year the Moscow’s aerospace salon MAKS-2007 is expected to become a landmark event. Today there are tens of offers from various Russian companies, some on a breakthrough level.

It is still possible to find critical remarks of the Russian media that the development of the Russian UAVs has been hindered by the lack of the national UAV concept. In the recently created United Aviation-Building Company (OAK) there are four divisions: military; civil; military-transport and special; spares and parts. UAVs have not become a separate segment or part of the military. This fact was badly criticized by the observers, but at the same time it was surprisingly carelessly taken by the representatives of the industry, which were interviewed by the correspondent of PravdaRu at REA-2006, IDELF-2006, TEK UAVs – 2007 and other specialized exhibitions."

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