In Russia, the improved UAV "Orion" was shown: experts pointed to an interesting detail (photo)

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation presented a modernized drone "Orion" last year, but the apparatus "stuck" at the test stage, experts say. In Russian Taganrog, the upgraded reconnaissance and scrutiny "Orion" ("Inochode"), which was first shown in February 2023, is being tested. This was noticed by the Defense Express portal on June 21. Russian sources have stated that the improved UAV "Orion" UAV was spotted in the sky above Taganrog.

According to the Russians, unlike the previous version, the new "Orion" of the optical-electronic station is located closer to the center of the fuselage. Defense Express experts drew attention to the fact that such a Defense Ministry was demonstrated in February last year. Then the defense department of the invaders published the footage of departure of the UAV "Innogedet/Orion" and stated that such a drone allegedly struck at the command point of the Armed Forces.

Looking at this, the publication wondered why the Russian upgraded UAV "is stuck" at the test stage. It is also unknown why the occupiers needed to move the optical-electronic station closer to the center of the fuselage. According to open data, by the end of 2021 the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had only one complex with three drones "Orion". At the same time, atyx portal analysts have recorded at least five destroyed Russian UAVs of this type during a full -scale war.

This indicates that the Russian Federation continued to produce UAV "Orion" after a full -scale war. "Regardless of the current volume of data now, any information about the Russian drone" Orion "always attracts attention, since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was the only classic reconnaissance and auditorium at the army of the Russian Federation," the authors emphasized. publications.

"Orion" is a drone scout from the Russian company Kronstadt, which can also carry a health load and be used as a barrel ammunition. Russian media positiors "Orion" as a "response to the Bayraktar Turkish Uaks". UAVs maintain satellite communications and can perform tasks outside the direct area of ​​the ground control point.