The Russian Ministry of Defense will receive the first Russian maritime unmanned aerial vehicles by the end of this year, and they will be tested in the special military operation (SVO) zone. This was reported by RIA NewsReferring to Mikhail Danilenko, general director of the KMZ holding (Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant).
“The Ministry of Defense has already agreed on the delivery of the first 10 units, which we should send by the end of this year,” he said.
According to Danilenko, this will be the first experimental batch to be tested in the special operations zone.
In September, it was reported that the holding was negotiating with the Russian Ministry of Defense on the possibility of purchasing universal unmanned boats based on the Vizir type platform for the Russian Navy.
This holding specializes in the production of boats for Russian law enforcement agencies.
Before that, military expert Vasily Dandykin statedNaval drones Magura V5 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are a challenge for the Russian army that must be met with confidence using the most modern weapons.
He noted that these drones have a long range of up to several hundred kilometers.
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