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Russia allocates $160 million for UAV development

Issue No. 3 | February 01-15, 2012

Russian Helicopters has received 5 billion rubles ($160 million) from the federal budget for the development of three types of UAV.

After charging that smaller domestic developers wasted public funds – and pointedly purchasing Israeli drones for military trials – the Defence Ministry has switched to a big holding with sufficient capacity to develop and produce indigenous UAVs.

A prototype of a short-range drone, Ka-135, with carrying capacity of up to 100 kg, must be developed by 2015. A heavyweight UAV, dubbed Albatros, is expected to be developed by 2017. It can be used as a strike or transport drone.