The carrier carrier of the shock and reconnaissance drones of the unmanned system of “Lightning” will create on the basis of the HL-76 heavy military transport aircraft. The plans spoke in an interview with RIA Novosti, CEO of Kronstadt Sergey Bogatikov on the eve of the Forum “Army-2021”.
The complex will include shock and reconnaissance devices, as well as drones of radio-electronic struggle, which will be launched from the carrier aircraft.
“” The main idea is that it will be really a air start. It is envisaged to base the “Lightning” on IL-76, “the richikov told. In addition, drones are also planned to be applied on one-making fighters of the 5th generation checkmate, the layout of which was presented at the MAC-2021 air show.
Earlier it was reported that the Russian Defense Ministry may begin training specialists in unmanned aviation already in 2022. Training of the first “CAPP specialists” as an experiment will begin this year in the Ryazan Guards High Aircraft School.