Tests of the planning bomb “Drill” can be completed in 2022. The readiness of the new ammunition TASS revealed the head of the holding “Tehnodynamics” Igor Nazenkov.
“If we completed the tests next year, then, in principle, from 2023 we can put already on the series,” said the head.
In March 2018, the deputy general director “Tehmash” Alexander Kochkin said that the fifth generation fighters SU-57 will be able to carry the drill on board.
In May 2021, Vice Prime Minister Yury Borisov said that the Russian army will receive a “drill” in 2021.
In October 2018, General Director of Tehmash Vladimir Lepin said that the drill device takes into account the risk of incompressions in the target.
The Russian unified planning bombing cassette “Drill” (PBC-500U SPBE-K) was presented in 2015. Since 2016, tests on landfills. Aviabomb is capable of planning without entering the zone of active air defense and is equipped with controlled elements that are adjusted on the end route, ensuring the defeat of the selected purposes.