Russia to See 20-Ton Combat Drone ‘by 2018’ – Industry Source

[IND151]

The prototype of Russia’s first 20-ton combat drone will be unveiled in 2018, a defense industry source said Thursday.

The 20-ton unmanned combat aerial vehicle is being developed by the Sukhoi company, and will be based on the fifth-generation T-50 fighter, United Aircraft Corporation president Mikhail Pogosyan said during the MAKS 2013 airshownear Moscow in August.

Pogosyan added that the drone was at a “preliminary research stage” and gave no indication of a timeline for development.

RIA Novosti’s anonymous source also confirmed Thursday that a five-ton drone, being developed by the Kazan-based Sokol company, would be ready in 2015-16.

On September 24, Oleg Bochkarev, deputy head of the government’s Military Industrial Commission, said that the Defense Ministry’s instructions to speed up work in this area had been heard, and added that a one-ton combat drone should be ready to start tests by 2014.

Also in September, Russia’s Berkut Aero design bureau and the UAE’s Adcom Systems said they are working on a drone based on the Berkut VL superlight two-seat helicopter

Russia to See 20-Ton Combat Drone

 

[IND151]

This may enter service around 2020

 

[copasi]

If the picture is the UAV, how could it be based on T-50?

 

[GR!FF!N]

If the picture is the UAV, how could it be based on T-50?

thats a Mig-Skat,not the picture of the UAV mentioned above..

topic..

guys,can India procure some of these??cause we're part of T-50 project,so it can't be too hard,right??and 20 Ton??that something in the class of X-47,right(actually more heavy if the empty weight is 20 kg as empty weight of X-47 is 15000 kg)???

 

[avrham11]

if they will be able to make it

 

[volatile]

Hi it means that technology developed for T50 will be used in this UCAV

 

[avrham11]

Hi it means that technology developed for T50 will be used in this UCAV

they dont have 5 ton opertional they want to jump to 20 ton

 

[Dai Toruko]

This thread is old.

 

[The Accountant]

Yes but they have lot of experience in aviation industry and industrial base well ...

I think the reason of going for large drone is out of ome actual requirements put by russian armed forces ...

they dont have 5 ton opertional they want to jump to 20 ton

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[avrham11]

Yes but they have lot of experience in aviation industry and industrial base well ...

I think the reason of going for large drone is out of ome actual requirements put by russian armed forces ...


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so what

 

[The Accountant]

so what

So they have capabilites to make 20 ton drone ... Its not that difficult for country like Russia ...

 

[avrham11]

So they have capabilites to make 20 ton drone ... Its not that difficult for country like Russia ...

before we sold them they could make nay normal drone and still cant this his there weak link

before we sold them they could make nay normal drone and still cant this his there weak link

if they dont buy from china there is reason

 

[The Accountant]

before we sold them they could make nay normal drone and still cant this his there weak link


if they dont buy from china there is reason

It doesnt matter ... drone is not something out of the world tech ... Pak is also manufacturing ... so they purchased from you for the short cut so as to saveR&D time .... now they have the tech increasing size and bringing modernation is not an issue ...

 

[Akasa]

From "preliminary research" to prototype stage in less than a year? Count me skeptical, especially given Russia's track record of such projects in the recent past.

 

[avrham11]

From "preliminary research" to prototype stage in less than a year? Count me skeptical, especially given Russia's track record of such projects in the recent past.

what prototype of 20 ton i havent seen yet