In Russia, drone tests with an onboard radar station for exploration of land targets started. RIA Novosti reported this source in the defense and industrial complex.
“The drone apparatus of radar and radio engineering intelligence was created by Kronstadt on the basis of the reconnaissance drone drone” Orion “,” the agency’s source said. According to him, the flight tests of Drone Radar are held.
It also clarified that the drone is equipped with a multifunctional pylphous radar, which allows the reconnaissance of various terrestrial purposes, including radiotechnical exploration of radiation sources, such as anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy.
Also, the source said that such a device can also perform the functions of the target designation, including for drums. “It is provided for the introduction of a drone into the intelligence-shock circuit of a unified tactical link management system,” he said.
In November, RIA Novosti, with reference to the Director-General of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheeva reported that in 2021, the Orion-E reconnaissance drone was released on the foreign market, which was interested in foreign customers.