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Advanced deck-based drone to make maiden flight in 2025

Russian Aviaton » Tuesday June 7, 2022 10:47 MSK

The most advanced deck-based unmanned aerial vehicle is scheduled to make the first test flight in 2025, a source in the defense sector told TASS.

"The first prototype of the domestic deck-based drone will make the test flight in three years. Series production of the drone for the Navy will start in 2026," the source said.

The front-end engineering design of shipborne strike and reconnaissance drones will begin in the second half of this year and the design is expected to be delivered in 2024, the source noted. "Detail engineering documents will be released and preparation for aircraft production will start in 2025," he added.

TASS has no official information in this regard.