Russian Orion drone crashes near Ryazan
Russian Orion reconnaissance and unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in Ryazan Region during a test flight. The drone crashed in the area of the housing estate in Listvyanka, there are no casualties on the ground. This was reported by local media with reference to the Moscow inter-district SU SK in transport.
UAV "Orion" crashed during a test flight. According to eyewitnesses, the unmanned vehicle fell to the ground about 70 meters from an apartment building, blowing away half of a growing pine tree in the process. As the investigator for especially important cases of the Moscow Interdistrict Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee on transport Sergey Bubenev stated, the preliminary version of the fall drone is a technical failure. There are no casualties or damage on the ground, the apparatus itself cannot be restored.
- said the investigator.
According to another version, the cause of the drone falling was a strong lateral gust of wind. In the future, a special commission will be responsible for establishing the cause of the drone crash.
As previously reported, the Orion long-range reconnaissance UAV was created by the Kronstadt company as part of the Peacekeeper design and experimental development contract with the Ministry of Defense. The reconnaissance drone was tested in Syria.
Maximum takeoff weight drone - 1100 kg, payload weight - 250 kg. The length of the device is 8 m, the wingspan is 16 m, the flight duration is 24 hours. On serial samples, the Russian APD-110/120 engine with a two-blade AB-115 propeller with a diameter of 1,9 meters should be installed. A complex of reconnaissance equipment is installed on the drone.
Earlier it was reported that the first batch of serial drones will enter the army before the end of this year, currently the drone is undergoing pilot military operation.
The development company "Orion" "Kronstadt" announced its readiness to assist in the investigation of the fall of the drone.
- RZN.info
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