Novosibirsk. December 14th. INTERFAX - The production of the newest Russian attack drone S-70 "Hunter" requires a full cycle of development and testing of all components, it is impossible to assemble it from parts available on the market, like many foreign drones, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko told reporters on Tuesday.
"Only countries with a developed aviation industry are capable of producing UAVs of this class, providing a full development cycle from design to manufacture and conducting all types of tests, as well as the development and production of all necessary ground and avionics equipment," Krivoruchko said during a working trip to Novosibirsk.
"Unmanned aerial vehicles of this class cannot be assembled from components available on the market, like, say, a number of foreign analogues," he added.
According to the Deputy Minister, the Hunter is a highly intelligent system capable of solving a wide range of tasks singly, in a group and together with manned aircraft.
"Advanced achievements of enterprises and organizations of the domestic defense industrial complex are concentrated in the UAV, which made it possible to provide functionality that is not inferior, but in a number of parameters surpassing the few foreign analogues," added Krivoruchko.
The Hunter strike unmanned aerial vehicle was developed at the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Its length is 14 meters, wingspan is 19 meters, take-off weight is more than 20 tons. The drone was made according to the "flying wing" scheme using materials that reduce radar visibility.
