On the Internet there was a probable picture of the latest UAV RF – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, September 8 – RIA Novosti. In the Internet appeared the picture of the Russian unmanned aerial vehicle, not previously demonstrated the general public. Photos taken as one of the illustrations to interview the director of Rybinsk Design Bureau “Luch”, a member of the group “Vega”. Perhaps this is a new tactical UAV classes created by the project “Le Corsaire” for the Russian Defense Ministry.

The development of this complex UAV wore the closed nature. The first information that one of the enterprises of concern “Vega” has received a contract from the Ministry of Defense of Russia, appeared in the Russian media in 2013. Representatives of the group then refused to confirm or deny the existence of such work.

The information has been confirmed only in the current year, when on the eve of the exhibition “Army-2015″ representative of the Joint instrument-Corporation (DIC, is a “Rostec”), which is now integrated group “Vega”, he announced the creation of the first prototype of the Russian reconnaissance drone of small class “Corsair”.

shown in the photo UAVs made by traditional devices of this class two-beam scheme with a pusher propeller and tail in the form of a reverse V.

leading Russian experts in the field of unmanned systems Denis Fedutinov notes that the available photo confirms initially the assumption that in this case, most likely, is the creation of complex UAV, which is similar in its dimensions to the American apparatus Shadow, actively operated by the US Army in Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns.

“It can be assumed that the” Le Corsaire “, seems to be able to perform reconnaissance at distances up to 100 kilometers, staying in the air for 8-12 hours,” – said Fedutinov.

On the eve of the air show MAKS-2015 DIC CEO Alexander Yakunin said in an interview with RIA Novosti that the delivery of prototypes of small drones class “Le Corsaire” Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will begin with the end of 2016. According to him, the start of series production is planned for the first quarter of 2017, output at full capacity – up to the end of 2017.