Serial deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2024
MOSCOW, December 14. /tass/. A serial contract for the supply of the latest Russian attack drone (UAV) S-70 "Hunter" will be concluded within six months. This was announced on Tuesday by Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
"Today, the complex is already quite seriously ready for mass production. I would like to add that in the near future we will already conclude a serial contract for the supply of these machines [S-70 "Hunter" drones]. These machines are still test vehicles, but within six months we will conclude a serial contract ahead of the delivery of these unmanned vehicles," he said.
The S-70 drone developed at the Sukhoi Design Bureau is made according to the "flying wing" scheme using stealth technology, which reduces its radar visibility. According to open sources, the take-off weight of the device is up to 20 tons, the maximum flight speed is about 1 thousand km / h. Serial deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2024. The Hunter took to the air for the first time on August 3, 2019.
On Tuesday, the first flight model of the Hunter was rolled out at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V. P. Chkalov. The second flight copy is at the stage of assembly production.
