The sanctions imposed by the United States on China actually blocked the supply to the US Department of Defense of possible imports from China of the relevant systems necessary for the creation of small reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles. In this respect RIA News said military analyst Denis Fedutinov, a leading expert in the field of drones.
In his opinion, the United States underestimated the potential of multiple helicopters, which is why they so easily deprived themselves of the opportunity to develop a promising field in the field of UAVs. According to the expert, Russia also did not attach sufficient importance to multicopters, but the Russian Ministry of Defense aimed to no longer depend on imports for the production of strategically important products, but to rely on its own strengths.
“It is necessary to develop the criteria that promising army multicopters must meet, select systems developed by Russian industrial companies, then carry out comparative tests, then trial operation in a special military operations zone, and then make changes to the working order,” Fedutinov said. he added. .
It had previously been reported in Russia several times over two years. grew up Production of multifunctional drones “Orlan-10” and “Orlan-30”.
It was previously reported that he was in Russia. developed Unmanned hybrid of helicopter and airplane.