The Ministry of Defense announced the end of the tests of the heavy reconnaissance and strike drone "Altius-RU"

Tests of a heavy Russian reconnaissance and strike drone long-range "Altius-RU" completed. This was stated by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as part of a meeting of the collegium of the military department.

An expanded meeting of the board of the military department was held at the Ministry of Defense today, December 21, 2021, within the framework of which the results of this year were summed up. Speaking at the collegium, Shoigu, speaking about the supply of drones to the troops, said that the tests of the heavy reconnaissance and strike drone "Altius-RU" had been completed, but did not give any details, only stated the fact.

Altius-RU "(reconnaissance and strike) - this is the final look of the drone, created as a result of the development and testing of a number of prototypes within the Altair project. In mid-February this year it became known that the Ministry of Defense ordered a pilot batch of Altius drones.

The newest unmanned complex is capable of performing the entire range of reconnaissance missions, as well as using aviation means of destruction, including controlled ones. In February 2020, it was reported that a drone of high-precision gliding bombs 9-А-7759 "Thunder" was received by the drone. This summer, it was reported that a drone was being tested with a full range of controlled weapons.

The Altius UAV has a wingspan of 28,5 m, a length of 11,6 m, and a take-off weight of 6 tons. The flight altitude is 12 thousand meters, the flight range is up to 10 thousand km. At the same time, the UAV can stay in the air for up to 48 hours and carry a payload of more than one ton.

The installed equipment allows for reconnaissance at a great distance. The drone can also be controlled via satellite, which makes the range of its use almost unlimited.

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[Ross xnumx]

The Ministry of Defense announced the end of the tests of the heavy reconnaissance and strike drone "Altius-RU"

We are happy ... Announce the start of series production ...

[Vladimir61]

Quote: ROSS 42

Announce the start of serial production ...

Most likely, after trial operation in the troops, the pilot batch.

[Letun]

Quote: Vladimir61

Quote: ROSS 42

Announce the start of serial production ...

Most likely, after trial operation in the troops, the pilot batch.

Serial production of as many as 8 units per year will begin.

[Sahalinets]

No engines. The Americans banned engines from Germany.

[Barberry25]

And since when does VK-800 depend on the Germans? Do not confuse it with the Redovs, which have been waived from sanctions)

[Alexfly]

And where is he VK-800, they have been promoting since the 90s until now ... but like others, everything is on paper or in plasticine ..

[Barberry25]

here you can see it

[Alexfly]

Since this is a stand at the exhibition, it does not mean that this can work in accordance with the requirements of the FAA and EASA .... This means that in some future it can be installed on some aircraft for use outside and inside the vast Motherland .. ...

[Barberry25]

most of the tests are designed to obtain data for certification, and taking into account the fact that
1) tests at the stand began 2 years ago
2) this year they began to actively report that the projects sharpened for VK-800 in the next 2 years will finish testing, then there are no problems with the engine, that the helicopter, that the plane, that the UAV received their engines or semi-automatic in the near future

[Alexfly]

Are you confusing it with the VK-650?

[Troll]

There is already a Russian engine.

[Sahalinets]

VK800? Is it okay that it is still at the stage of bench tests and it will take a long time to bring it to mind?

[Kurare]

Quote: Sahalinets

No engines. The Americans banned engines from Germany.

Yes, RED A03 / V12 from Germany was banned. Most likely there will be VK800V. For a six-tonne, it is quite reasonable.

[Elturisto]

Don't lie about the Americans-Red-shit, so nobody needs him.

[Fff]

There is a Chinese engine Rotax 912, with its own developed turbocharging system, reworked brains, an injection system and software for this turbocharging. APD-115. The Bayraktar uav uses a newer turbocharged Rotax 915 made in Canada (Bombardier). Naturally, no one will sell it to us. The turbo-charged Rotax 914, actually made in Austria, has also been refused, so we are modifying the old Chinese Rotax 912, which runs without turbocharging. The engine is unified with the Orion UAV, only there are two of them

[dreamshake]

How much Russia has begun to progress in the field of attack UAVs, which is very encouraging

[Subtext]

How much Russia has begun to progress in the field of attack UAVs, which is very encouraging

I have been reading about The Beatles and the USSR for a long time: "Russians love with belated fierce love."
We had the same thing about tennis, and so on, and so on ...
It looks like rage and love reached the UAV

[mark1]

Two intrigues - how much they will order and what about the engines (at least at the level - it got better, it got worse, no changes, but only from a really competent source).

[Barberry25]

VK-800 Klimovskie on it are now

[mark1]

Now it is powered by RED003 diesels

[Barberry25]

who told you this?

[mark1]

So everyone says ...
VK-800S is not in the series from the word at all
But perhaps you are the owner of some secret knowledge that is not available to us. Then share - when they did it, when they certified it, when they installed it, why immediately on the "Altius" and not on, say, "Baikal" (when the decision was made to replace RED and the device was remade) ... in general, do not press and give a detailed answer.

[Barberry25]

because priority

[the most important]

Beautiful drones and fly well! - Tupolev would say. It remains only to make a few hundred of them!

[aslan balaev]

Quote: the most important

Beautiful drones and fly well! - Tupolev would say. It remains only to make a few hundred of them!

Altius, in my opinion, has the most beautiful design among all Russian UAVs.

[dauria]

Altius has the most beautiful design in my opinion.

V-plumage is more of a tribute to "designer" fashion. Nothing can be explained except, perhaps, less labor costs. On cruising modes, when it is necessary to cut for a long time in a straight line, it is worse than the "classic".

[Piramidon]

Quote: dauria

V-plumage is more of a tribute to the "designer" fashion

These are two planes, in contrast to the three on the classics.

[dauria]

These are two planes, in contrast to the three on the classics.

And additional "useless" resistance when balancing in the longitudinal channel.

[Kaw]

Quote: dauria

V-plumage is more of a tribute to "designer" fashion.

It's kind of like stealth technology. Only his body for some reason is rectangular like the propulsion gondolas (or whatever they are called there).

[APASUS]

How much will our MO buy, that's a question, a question?

[Vadim237]

Several dozen will definitely buy.

[dima314]

God forbid! Who needs this scrap metal!

[Vadim237]

Once tested, it means you need it - and as a reconnaissance officer with a ton of equipment suspended and a range of 10000 kilometers, the device is more than excellent.

[dima314]

If they are experiencing it, then they need it - and how many years did they read him and how they tortured and sawed the babal? What does he carry in 1 ton? Where is his payload? There are no detection systems for him! And then there are no engines! Maybe we bought a dozen engines, and the series will end.

[failure]

"to read how many years he was and how they tortured and sawed Babal"
Well, you've just read this. And you don't pay attention to the capabilities of the device.
A ton of equipment? 10000 kilometers? Don't give a damn - they didn't give it out to the pensioners!
And since the pensioner was not distributed, it means that there will be no engines. And the radar too.

[SovAr238A]

Either the suspension is a ton, or 42 hours.
Or or.
It won't work together.

[mitrich]

Let's see how much will be delivered to the troops in 2022. Or another five years, like the SU-57, will be finished.

[dreamshake]

Su-57 is being finished for a long time because there is an extensive unification of the main nodes with the future Su-75. This will significantly reduce the rollout period of the 75th

[dima314]

Quote: Dreamshake

Su-57 is being finished for a long time because there is an extensive unification of the main nodes with the future Su-75. This will significantly reduce the rollout period of the 75th

- I'm not a magician). So the second stage engine also cannot be made because of this cardboard Su-75?). How many years did they say about the Su-75 and how many years they torture the Su-57? I already forgot when they started to create) Maybe 15 or 20 years .. Specify)

[prior]

Case for small:
- rivet in sufficient quantity;
- to develop tactics and strategy of application in a single, group and mixed version with other aircraft;
- train excellent operators.

[aslan balaev]

Quote: prior

Case for small:
- rivet in sufficient quantity;
- to develop tactics and strategy of application in a single, group and mixed version with other aircraft;
- train excellent operators.

And to develop a two-boom modification with two engines (to increase the maximum take-off weight up to 8-9 tons!

[Barberry25]

is not it easier then to put the engine more powerful? the same VK-1600S will be ready by 2025-27

[Barberry25]

the main equipment .. ideally, hang up light kamikaze UAVs, then the machine will become a general harvester ..

[Zaurbek]

From the entire spectrum of UAVs, nothing is heard about our analogue GlobalHavk ....... something with long wings and a turbojet engine ...

[Barberry25]

because it has not yet been ordered, perhaps in the future we will get an analogue, but not yet, Helios will be as close to it as possible, but there is a car of a smaller class

[aslan balaev]

The declared performance characteristics are really excellent.

[businessv]

The drone can also be controlled via satellite, which makes its range of use almost unlimited.

... within 10 thousand kilometers. I don't understand why to write "unlimited" - after all, they have already noted that the range is up to 10000 km! Write. that the control when using the satellite is stable, and the response time to commands is within acceptable limits.

[Mountain shooter]

6 tons !!! More than a ton of combat load. This is a medium-sized bomber from WWII ... There is a variety of drone UAVs. Heavy "Hunter", smaller "Altius", followed by "Orion" ...

[dima314]

hey gunner, WWII is already over! Who needs him now and who is his opponent? Everyone who has primitive air defense will demolish this cow at once!

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: dima314

, shooter, WWII is already over! Who needs him now and who is his opponent? Everyone who has primitive air defense will demolish this cow at once

And this is to reduce the cost of war against those who do not have "primitive" air defense. ISIS, for example. Heavy UAVs of this type are not an instrument of global war. For the global - the Hunter.

[dima314]

for ISIS, there will be a lot of such a miracle! There, no one can reach more than 5 km, and there is no need to fly for 10! There the primitive will get it, if that.

[Vita vko]

Quote: dima314

Everyone who has primitive air defense will demolish this cow at once!

For 12 thousand meters, "primitive" air defense will not reach. Even 5 thousand are considered safe from being hit by MANPADS. The most important thing is that Altius can hang for more than a day in one area and track any movement of the barmaley.

[businessv]

Quote: dima314

Everyone who has primitive air defense will demolish this cow at once!

Will be demolished from the ceiling in 12 km ?! It is unlikely!

[failure]

If by primitive air defense you mean a patriot ...
And then 9/10 of the NATO military air defense based on the stinger and its counterparts can boast of not too high altitude.

[FoBoss_V]

The end of the test is good. But even better are several hundred of these birds on alert in key areas.

[dima314]

Why are there so many? Who is going to use them and how? against which opponent? What targets can he hit and who knows how to shoot him down? For me, this is only if the ISIS members need to get far away, there is no more benefit from it. Well, or how the STATE DEPARTMENT punishes those who disobey and live far away

[lucul]

"Why are there so many of them? Who is going to use them and how? Against which enemy? What targets can he hit?"

He does not need to hit anything at all - we already have a huge surplus of delivery vehicles, we have strained with target designation.
Here Altius will distribute target designation to ALL, but he sees far away.

[dima314]

Vital, in order to indicate something, you need to have a radar, which in Russia they do not know how to do. Maybe there is no kit. Here the A-100 was shown and silence ... there are no AWACS aircraft in Russia, except for the Soviet and other. Here they showed a primitive airplane, which does not know anything on its own ... It is more difficult to make a radar than this model airplane. Iran makes them better, everyone makes them! The squalor is not made unnoticeable, the engines are primitive and then alien, but they do not have their own. No locator! The load of 1 tone for the locator and its power consumption is small. Any Hawkeye on an aircraft carrier will see him earlier and the Hornets link will immediately take off and this miracle will go to the bottom of the sea

[lucul]

"Vitala, in order to indicate something, you need to have a radar, which in Russia they do not know how to do."

What is your information based on that in Russia they do not know how to make radars? )))

[dima314]

can you read read where the A-100 disappeared and then tell you. At the same time, try to tell why there is not a single combat aircraft with AFAR in Russia. You understood what I wrote, sure?

[lucul]

"Do you know how to read? Read where the A-100 disappeared and then tell you. At the same time, try to tell why there is not a single combat aircraft with AFAR in Russia. You understood what I wrote, sure?"


Only facts - the radar on Hokai has a detection range of 400 km, and on the Su-35 the Irbis radar also has a detection range of 400 km)))

[dima314]

discovering what? Which sector? What are the types of goals? In addition to the range, do you know other parameters?

[lucul]

"detection of what? In which sector? What types of targets? In addition to range, do you know other parameters?"


Is it difficult for you to find the performance characteristics of the Irbis? )))

[dima314]

Do you have any idea that these are completely different types of radars? Oin all-round view and how many targets and what targets? Air and what size at what distance? Surface and also what? what does the radar station of a fighter have to do with which in a given sector is looking for air targets with a huge reflective surface solely to stretch 400 km for the red number.!

[lucul]

"Do you have any idea that these are completely different types of radars?"

Someone here rubbed me that Russia does not know how to make radars AT ALL)))

[dima314]

in Russia they knew how to make Zhiguli, but Mercy never mastered it) True, Zhiguli no longer know how, Renault bought the plant and everything is already renowned there). They know how to make radars, but what kind and why? When the Indians wanted an AWACS plane, they threw everything out of the A-50 and the Jews made the filling. If you do a scout, then it should be about this type, but small and able to see a lot in a passive mode and be invisible. And yet, all countries that know how to make fighters have long been equipping them with AFAR, including the Chinese. Russia still produces a Zhigul of the classic layout, about the same density as the radar on the Su-35. But apparently you have a problem with the letters. Go to sleep

[lucul]

"Russia still produces a Zhigul with a classic layout, about the same denseness is the radar on the Su-35. But apparently you have a problem with the letters."

A classic example of inspired propaganda)))

[SSA]

Altius can fly around the territory at an altitude of, for example, 7 km in standby mode for an hour. remaining practically inaccessible for "Eagle", "Strel", "Verb", SAM such as "Wasp" and the like.

The carrying capacity of 1 ton allows you to install very powerful optics, a thermal imager and, I think, laser target designation devices such as the Shkval sighting complex.

Example: "Altius" patrols for 4-5 hours, over a rather large square (it is safe and economically inexpensive, provided that the operator sits on the ground, does not get very tired and can always be replaced by another). Detects the target. The duty officer takes off ... Su-25 or - 34, or Mi-28 (Ka-52), approaches the target at the launch range of a laser-guided missile, for example, the Kh-25L, immediately after the target is captured by the seeker, the missile is launched, the plane leaves at safe trajectory, without the need to accompany the target until the defeat, as this will be done by "Altius".

It seems to me that this method is much more profitable and effective than the so-called free hunt for pilots on the Su-25 and Mi-28. The resource of the aircraft is not consumed, there is no danger of their destruction.

[Prjanik]

Meanwhile, Orion with radar)

[Center]

[avg avg]

And why did you come with your trump cards? The whole buzz was broken off, I was hoping to hear from Dima314 what else we in Russia do not know how ...

[failure]

"There is no locator!"
Lol. And the radio-transparent fairing in the nose of the Altius - it doesn’t indicate anything. At all.

[aslan balaev]

You can't spoil porridge with butter. And then not only the Army needs them. Marine options (for reconnaissance, search for submarines), electronic warfare, electronic warfare, the Ministry of Emergency Situations (fire extinguishing). And a lot for what. True, for yachts billionaires will be too big.

[alystan]

If this statement is timed to coincide with J.V. Stalin's birthday, then it will be accepted with a bang!

[Barberry25]

and if not, what's the bad thing?

[alystan]

Why have you ruined my mood? But if Shoigu himself would have voiced it, it would be great, of course, but there was no command to do this !?

[Barberry25]

it would blaze up to heaven

[ved_med12]

The end of the year pleases with an abundance of good news!

[old grandfather]

The drone can also be controlled via satellite, which makes the range of its use almost unlimited .... Why is it refueling via satellite?

[senima56]

Great news! And now, quickly into the series!

[Vitas]

Su-24MR to be written off or sold to allies?

[dima314]

no need to sell and they will be beaten like that

[tarakan]

10000 km STE is beautiful.

[Jacket in stock]

10000 km is vaasche niabchem, 5 thousand there, 5 back.
It won't even reach the shores of its partners, let alone see something there.
We need those (ships at sea) drones in the sky so that they can sit on the tail of each of their aircraft carriers and not get off for weeks.

[Vadim237]

Perhaps someday a refueling bar in the air will make it fly more than 10000 km.

[dima314]

if it hangs behind an aircraft carrier, it will be demolished in 3 minutes. Air defense of an aircraft carrier is such that this trough will not be able to approach! If he is at the maximum distance to see that aircraft carrier can fly and give target designation until they shoot down, then it's already a joy

[Jacket in stock]

If he is at the maximum distance to see that aircraft carrier can fly and give target designation until they are shot down, then in joy

In peacetime, no one will knock him down, and if a batch has begun, then more will not be required from him.

[dima314]

why hang behind an aircraft carrier in peacetime?). Although he can be knocked down, they will say he fell). No one will declare war on this matter)

[failure]

And then a global hawk will fall off the coast of the Crimea. And the price tag bites.

[aslan balaev]

Quote: Jacket in stock

10000 km is vaasche niabchem, 5 thousand there, 5 back.
It won't even reach the shores of its partners, let alone see something there.
We need those (ships at sea) drones in the sky so that they can sit on the tail of each of their aircraft carriers and not get off for weeks.

From Khmeimim to Gibraltar !!! Or south, all the way to Entebbe

[Jacket in stock]

Quote: aslan balayev

Gibraltara

And what, beyond the sea for you, the geography ends?
There is San Diego, Norfolk, Honolulu ...

[aslan balaev]

Quote: Jacket in stock

Quote: aslan balayev

Gibraltara

And what, beyond the sea for you, the geography ends?
There is San Diego, Norfolk, Honolulu ...

Well, for this you need to have an uav of a higher class. Like a Global Hawk.

[White man]

Jacket ..., I agree with you. Often, like, big beautiful numbers put on the card somehow "shrink"

[aslan balaev]

Quote: White man

Jacket ..., I agree with you. Often, like, big beautiful numbers put on the card somehow "shrink"

If you mean my "calculations", then they look even modest. Imagine patrolling over the seas with a radius of 5000 km. North Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, from Syria to the Indian Ocean. There will be no need to send huge strategists. This is at least saving the resources of these strategists. Yes, there are no pluses to count And if from Venezuela ... As in one movie, the whole world is in your pocket (i.e. under control)

[vervolk]

what are you talking about? 10000 is not the distance he will fly but the time he can hang in one area. for hours he can hang over a target located 200 kilometers away, for example. Here, for example, over the congestion of the Armed Forces, sharpen how many kilometers there are from the northern border to the Russian Crimea ...

[White man]

10000 km divided by 48 hours gives 208 km / h. Somehow not fast
And if faster, then not 10000 and not 48

[vervolk]

you now divided the kilometers by time. tell me, comrade .... how did it occur to you that the result obtained is kilometers per hour ?! I beg you, reveal the secret of your brain!

[White man]

absorb, saturate yours. From arithmetic: speed = distance: time (to overcome this distance). From the article above: max. flight range 10000 km, max. flight time 48 hours. Ergo: both maximums are achieved together at 208 km / h. Otherwise, the numbers in the article are about nothing
Kompren?

[failure]

"10000 km is vaasche nothing"
All of Europe and half of Africa. And it is not supposed to RETURN ...

[vervolk]

it is not supposed to be launched further than 40-100 kilometers. Guided by this new thought for you, try to guess why it has such a power reserve?

[failure]

it is not supposed to be launched further than 40-100 kilometers.

And therefore groans about a small range are not appropriate here in principle.

[Bear]

Great machine! We hope that UZGA will not let you down and will deliver the pilot batch to the troops for trial operation in time. The payload of a ton allows you to carry a serious radar. A very promising UAV for patrolling the Northern Sea Route.

[SovAr238A]

Quote: Orso

Great machine! We hope that UZGA will not let you down and will deliver the pilot batch to the troops for trial operation in time. The payload of a ton allows you to carry a serious radar. A very promising UAV for patrolling the Northern Sea Route.

And what about the energy for a serious radar station - will the engine generator be able to provide?

Why patrol the NSR?

With the same success, you can patrol along the route Moscow-Kazan-Tyumen-Omsk-Moscow.
You can patrol, but why ???

[Bear]

There was information in the media that this UAV was developed, in particular, as an addition to the Arctic satellite constellation, to track the ice situation, and so that no one "hooligan" on the NSR.
Well, regarding the above route, you almost got to the point, this UAV is planned to be used in the civilian economy, to control oil and gas pipelines, transport routes, etc.

[SovAr238A]

Quote: Orso

There was information in the media that this UAV was developed, in particular, as an addition to the Arctic satellite constellation, to track the ice situation, and so that no one "hooligan" on the NSR.
Well, regarding the above route, you almost got to the point, this UAV is planned to be used in the civilian economy, to control oil and gas pipelines, transport routes, etc.

You look like a fountain now ...
You don't understand what control of oil and gas pipelines is. It takes place around the clock by forces such as Gazprom-Guard.
Which is impossible to provide from the air.
For there are a huge number of objects along the pipe, which are inspected visually 2 or more times per day.
Who will bully on the NSR?
What for?
Have you ever seen hooligans somewhere at minus 30 in winter fields? There are simply no hooligans there, because there are no "victims" there.
Hooligans are only where they can find a victim.
SMP is empty as a drum

[kytx]

You are clearly not in the subject. I worked for Gazprom, I have some idea of ​​how their facilities are protected. The fact that you voiced baby talk.

[SovAr238A]

Quote: kytx

You are clearly not in the subject. I worked for Gazprom, I have some idea of ​​how their facilities are protected. The fact that you voiced baby talk.

Well, yes, I have been working for YUMUO, SUMUO "Gazprom-Okhrana" for several years, I don’t know anything at all ...
Aha

[kytx]

Did you work as a security guard?
And I built it.

[SovAr238A]

I provided traffic routes. And I know the movement schedules of mobile groups to the nearest minute.
So I know a couple of orders of magnitude more than you do about the real situation in terms of the protection of these objects.

[Romanenko]

Interesting car, it's time to go to the troops!

[Elturisto]

There are no engines and will not be, as well as the Altius themselves. The topic is closed. R&D reports have been handed over, and the grass won't grow there. And now we need to remember Poghosyan, from whose submission the Omsk TVD-20s were soaked in the early 2000s, as well as the management of the UEC and Rostec, who have no time to deal with engines, therefore how they are busy moving. The situation in the RF Armed Forces is very similar to that in 1904.

[vervolk]

engines there are domestic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEPg9Vp7sm0&t=4s

[Lonely loner]

Now we need small-caliber KABs and PABs and third-generation anti-tank weapons for him.

[vervolk]

from the age of 14, fully and successfully mastered ...

[eehnie]

The role of this new unmanned aerial vehicle will not be limited to reconnaissance.

Here is the anti-submarine combat and / or naval patrol aircraft that many have asked for, in some cases almost desperately.

No, it will not be an auxiliary / civil aircraft modified for anti-submarine warfare and naval patrols in the old way. The time for such decisions has passed. It will be a real unmanned aerial vehicle in both combat and auxiliary configuration.

And it is no coincidence that the deployment of this aircraft begins right now. It was a project developed in about the last 10 years as a result of a double tender (another result is the Su-S-70 "Okhotnik").

But not only that. Here is the AWACS platform that many have asked for, in some cases almost desperately.

No, it will not be an auxiliary / civil aircraft modified for early warning and / or control and management in the old form. The time for such decisions has passed. It is highly likely that some of these unmanned aerial vehicles will be equipped with early warning and / or command and control equipment.

And given the size and weight of the aircraft, it is highly likely that it will be able to land and take off from current and future Russian aircraft carriers and become shipborne unmanned aerial vehicles on them in all the previously mentioned configurations and roles.

The Altius platform is likely to replace nearly all of the current manned aircraft in the Russian Armed Forces, serving as anti-submarine defense, naval patrol, reconnaissance, AWACS, command and control, and early warning. And this is happening at the most suitable moment for Russia. An exception may be the Il-80 presidential command and control aircraft.

It is highly likely that Altius UAV deployments will be made compatible with:

1.-) Quick withdrawal from the Russian Armed Forces of the last units of the Be-6/12.
2.-) Replacement of variants Tu-214, Ka-27/28/29/31, Be-A-50, Tu-134, Il-20/22 and An-12 in these roles in order to restore aircraft for their transport roles. It is highly likely that cases where the costs of rebuilding the transport role are lower will be replaced first.
3.-) Concentration of workloads on the Il-38, An-26/30 and Be-200 variants in these roles. At the second stage, the concentration of workloads on the Tu-142 variant in these roles.

(Automatically translated from English. Below is the original commentary in English)

The role of this new unmanned aircraft will not be limited to reconnaissance.

Here is the anti-submarine warfare and / or maritime patrol aircraft that many have been asking for, in some cases almost desperately.

No, it will not be an auxiliary / civil aircraft modified for anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol in the old mold. The time for such solutions passed. It will be this unmanned aircraft, under both, combat and auxiliary configurations.

And it is not casual that the deployment of this aircraft begins now. It has been a project developped approximately the last 10 years, as a result of a double tender (the other result is the Su-S-70 Okhotnik).

But not only this. Here is the AWACS platform that many have been asked for, in some cases almost desperately.

No, it will not be an auxiliary / civil aircraft modified for Early Warning and / or Command and Control in the old mold. The time for such solutions passed. It is very likely to see some of these UAVs carrying Early Warning and / or Command and Control equipment.

And taking into account the size and the weight of the aircraft, it is very likely that can be able to land and to take-off from the current and future Russian aircraft carriers, and to become a shipborne unmanned aircraft on them, in all the previously cited configurations and roles.

The Altius platform is very likely the replacement of almost all the current manned aircrafts in the Russian Armed Forces, in the roles of Anti-submarine Warfare, Maritime Patrol, Reconnaissance, AWACS, Command and Control and Early Warning. And it comes in the right moment for Russia. The exception can be the Il-80 Presidential Command and Control aircraft.

Very likely the deployment of the Altius UAV will be made compatible with:

1.-) Fast exit of the Russian Armed Forces of the last units of the Be-6/12.
2.-) Replacement of the Tu-214, Ka-27/28/29/31, Be-A-50, Tu-134, Il-20/22 and An-12 variants in these roles, in order to recover the aircraft for their transport role. Very likely the cases where the cost to recover the transport role is lower are likely to be replaced first.
3.-) Concentration of workloads on the Il-38, An-26/30 and Be-200 variants in these roles. In a second stage, concentration of workloads on the Tu-142 variant in these roles.

[dima314]

Quote: SSA

The carrying capacity of 1 ton allows you to install very powerful optics, a thermal imager and, I think, laser target designation devices such as the Shkval sighting complex.

- - the only true "I think" in this phrase! We must not think, but read and watch, and if education allows, then understand! I-251 "Shkval" - designed for the Ka-50 and Su-25 and is completely unsuitable for a drone! Look at its application on YouTube and you will understand that it cannot work in the "flashlight mode" that illuminates the target for foreign aircraft! For Altius, there are no weapons and means of detection and target designation to foreign weapons! You also need to invent, develop, manufacture and master! But what do you think is good). Therefore, in the short term, there will be no benefit from this miracle!

[dima314]

Quote: vervolk

these drones are ALREADY successfully fighting in Syria!

- what are you saying? !!! Confusing Orion and Altius!

[Alexey-74]

We will wait for deliveries to the troops, and of course it is interesting to see about its real application. The news is great, I hope Russia will catch up with the lag in the development and use of UAVs.

[vervolk]

will not catch up, but, as always. outstripping