The latest Russian UAV "Sirius" filmed during a test flight

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Video footage of a test flight of a pre-production copy of the Sirius UAV (Inohodets-RU) has been published on the Web. It is the next stage of the Orion project and belongs to the class of medium-altitude unmanned vehicles with a long flight duration.

The characteristics declared by the developers of the product make it, in fact, a universal reconnaissance and strike drone. It is known, for example, that the Sirius UAV has two turboprop engines and can continuously stay in the air for about 20 hours.




The device can rise to a height of up to seven kilometers, developing a speed of up to 180 km / h. As General Sergei Surovikin said when he was the commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the range of the Sirius UAV is three thousand kilometers. At the same time, they promised to equip the new device with its own satellite communications system and OSNOD equipment.

"Sirius" will be able to carry up to 300 kilograms of combat load. These can be AB and KAB-100, OFAB-250 aerial bombs, and guided and unguided air-to-surface missiles. It is known for certain that the new UAV will be equipped with the Vikhr-1 missile.


Sirius' main competitors are the American MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Predator drones. True, they, unlike the Russian counterpart, are equipped with only one engine.

It was planned that serial production of the Sirius UAV would begin this year. Although such an apparatus was needed by Russian troops yesterday. In this regard, experts hope that the timing of the start of mass production will not be shifted.
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  2. goncharov.62
    goncharov.62
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    1 June 2023 12: 25
    yesterday ... But no one is to blame and FSE is under control ...
    1. vladivan
      vladivan
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      2 June 2023 23: 33
      If this year is mass production, then it means not earlier than 24g
  3. hellman anton
    hellman anton
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    1 June 2023 12: 31
    So one engine because there is enough traction, and we have two due to the fact that there is no good engine. Well, yes, American UAVs (traitor) were developed in the late 90s and in the early 2000s the first flight.
    Our prodigy is superior to what the United States has done and has been exploiting for a long time. Uraaaaaa, go ahead, analogous!
  4. Sergei N
    Sergei N
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    2 June 2023 00: 47
    These UAVs should not conduct test flights, but patrol the border 24/7 for a long time. And destroy enemy DRGs trying to break into our territory.
  5. bobba94
    bobba94
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    7 June 2023 23: 34
    Those. characteristics are similar to Bayraktar TV2, but the Turks have been building Bayraktar since 2014, and then they just woke up .....
  6. Mikhail Dadeko
    Mikhail Dadeko
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    14 June 2023 19: 12
    Decided to scare the enemy? It would be better if they showed themselves at the front, otherwise years will pass from a prototype to a series! request