DUBNA (Moscow region), January 27 - RIA Novosti. Serial deliveries of new Russian strike drones "Sirius" will begin to the troops in 2023, the commander-in-chief of the VKS Sergey Surovikin reported to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu.
On Thursday, the Defense Minister inspected the first specialized plant for the production of large-sized UAVs built by Kronstadt in Dubna.
"The first serial delivery of this aircraft "Inokhodets-RU" is 2023," Surovikin said.
He noted that the range of the new device is 3 thousand kilometers.
The Sirius drone (ROC - "Pacer-RU") is a further development of the Orion drones, has two engines, an increased take-off weight. The first flight of the new drone is expected in May this year.
The new production of drones in Dubna was also visited by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and the Governor of the Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov.
