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Russia working on airborne launch and recovery drones

Russian Aviaton » Monday August 23, 2021 12:18 MSK

© Alexey Kondratov / AVIA.RU

Russian drone manufacturer Kronshtadt Group is working on a new type of air-launched swarm UAV that will be able to take off from and return to airborne "motherships," General Director Sergei Bogatikov has revealed. This reported by Sputnik.

Speaking to Sputnik just before the Army-2021 military expo and technical forum, which is set to kick off outside Moscow on Sunday, Bogatikov explained that some variants of drones from the Molnya ("Lightning") lineup will be equipped with airborne launch and recovery capability.

“It’s important to understand that the there are several versions of devices from the Molniya series, including reconnaissance, strike and electronic warfare drones. The reconnaissance and electronic warfare variants of the drones [are expected to be returnable], while the strike variants will not, since doing so would simply be dangerous, even if they weren’t used to strike certain targets,” the official explained.

Kronshtadt is looking at the Ilyushin Il-76, the longtime workhorse strategic airlifter used by the Russian military, as one possible platform to carry the Molniya drones and serve as their mothership, according to Bogatikov.

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