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Monday, May 19, 2008

Russia's Tupolev to upgrade UAV fleet; drone on trial

Russia's Tupolev aircraft manufacturer plans to upgrade several types of UAV systems, corporate-owned Russian military news agency Interfax-AVN website reported on 16 May. The upgrade will allow their range to be considerably extended.

The systems in question are Reys and Reys-D, which use the Tu-143 and Tu-243 UAVs, a source in the Russian arms industry told AVN.

"In addition to the replacement of the UAVs' payload, the plan is very considerably to extend their range or combat radius, as well as to make their flight and navigation system more intelligent," as the source told the news agency.

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