In Russia, the development of the civilian unmanned transport industry is accelerating. It is expected that in May this year, the public order for more than 8,000 drones for the needs of the State Transport Leasing Company will be approved. The duration of the latter will be three years.
However, the total demand for “vehicles of the future” in Russia, according to some estimates, in the near future may be several times greater than the aforementioned order.
Based on the above, news about the construction of Russia’s largest factory of unmanned aerial systems in the Samara region is of particular importance.
The production will belong to the company Transport du Futur and will be spread over an area of more than 40,000 square meters. It is reported that it is planned to invest about 6 billion rubles at the Samara site.
As a general rule, the project should be implemented as soon as possible. So, according to plans, next year more than 3,000 drones should be produced here, among which there will be both heavy cargo and vehicles weighing up to 30 kg.
In the early stages of development, the Samara enterprise will be able to provide employment for approximately 500 people.
But that’s not all. The new drones will not be assembled from foreign components. The aforementioned plant will be able to produce all key structural elements of future vehicles.
Finally, another step towards the emergence of promising transports in our country will be the launch in Samara of an experimental legal regime for conducting flight tests of unmanned aerial systems.
It should be added that not only the company Transport of the Future is engaged in the production of promising civilian UAVs in our country, which already has a working model of the S700 air taxi for two passengers, capable of carrying a payload from up to 200 kg over a distance of 30 km.
Last month, the production of unmanned helicopter-type systems by Aeromax was opened in Moscow. In addition, this year in Bashkiria, at the Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise, the serial production of BAS-200 drones, a helicopter-like drone developed by NTSV Mil and Kamov, will be launched.
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