The first public appearance Altair UAV

In the frame of the news first hit the Russian UAV long-duration flight and take-off mass of up to five tons of Altair developed by Kazan OAO "OKB" Falcon "in conjunction with" Transas "(R & D" Altius-M "), the model is lit at the beginning of last year when visiting Shoigu CAPO im.Gorbunova. The test flight model is scheduled for 2014-2015.





At the moment, for the Ministry of Defense in Russia, work is underway on the development of the UAV of three types: The first of them - a medium-altitude operational and tactical UAV "pacer" with takeoff weight of up to 1 ton. According to its characteristics it is close to the US MQ-1 Predator. The second drone you see in the photo. He must have a great height and length of the flight, according to its characteristics, it is an analogue of the US MQ-9 Reaper. Perhaps the UAV can put the missile attacks on ground targets. A third promising Russian drone - a heavy hammer UAV (R & D project "Hunter"), serial analogue of this device in the world today simply do not have, but work in this direction are carried out in many countries.

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