New UAVs are being developed in the Russian Federation to replace "Orlan-10" and "Orlan-30": what is known

According to the General Designer of the manufacturer, the new generation of drones "Orlan" is created according to the vehicle drawn up by the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The Russian Federation plans to replace the reconnaissance complexes "Orlan-10" and "Orlan-30" with drones, which is now being developed by a special technological center (STC). The general designer of the organization Roman Ivanov told the Russian TASS agency.

According to Roman Ivanov, the STC is now working on new generations of drones "Orlan", but the process has slowed down because the production is loaded with "current works". New UAVs will be the same wing devices, but are made in accordance with the new requests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The department provided the manufacturer with the appropriate vehicle.

"New complexes are intended to become a replacement of the existing" Orlan-10 "and" Orlan-30 ", but to change the horses on the crossing is a difficult thing, and the customer also understands it,"-said the General Designer StC. In addition, the interlocutor of the publication also reported that the company also tasks to modernize the available equipment to increase its efficiency. In parallel, work on the execution of the state defense order is carried out.

According to an earlier statement of the General Designer of the Special Technological Center, Russian servicemen are now used in the war in Ukraine up to 1 thousand unmanned aircraft "Orlan-10" and "Orlan-30". We will remind, in Russia told about the training of UAV operators, and this information enabled analysts to calculate the time of work of enemy reconnaissance drone "Orlan".