“The tests of the new Forpost-R unmanned complex are nearing completion. Since 2020, as part of the contract between the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Ural Civil Aviation Plant, it will begin mass delivery to the troops, ”the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
According to the military department, from the previous version in the new drone there were only external contours.
It is noted that the new radio line allowed to increase the range of the complex by 100 km and has increased protection from the impact of foreign technical means. The weight of the drone is 500 kg. Flight duration 18 hours, altitude - up to 6 thousand meters.
Earlier it was reported that at one of the test airfields of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the first flight of the Altius-U reconnaissance drone took place.