Heavy shock UAV NIR "Okhotnik-B" S-70
Heavy shock unmanned aerial vehicle. The theme of the Okhotnik research project to study the possibility of creating an attack UAV weighing up to 20 tons in the interests of the Russian Air Force was carried out by the Sukhoi company (Sukhoi Design Bureau OJSC). For the first time, the Ministry of Defense’s plans to use an attack UAV of this class were announced at the MAKS-2009 air show in August 2009.According to a statement by Mikhail Pogosyan in August 2009, designing a new strike unmanned complex was to be the first joint work of the corresponding units of the Sukhoi and MiG Design Bureau ( project "
Scat"). The media reported on the conclusion of a contract for the implementation of the Okhotnik research project with the Sukhoi company on July 12, 2011. In August 2011, the merger of the relevant units of the RSK MiG and Sukhoi to develop a promising strike UAV was confirmed in the media, but an official agreement between MiG and Sukhoi was signed only on October 25, 2012.
The technical task for the strike UAV was approved by the Russian Ministry of Defense in early April 2012. On July 6, 2012, the media reported that the Sukhoi company was selected by the Russian Air Force as the lead developer. An unnamed source in the industry reports that the Sukhoi strike UAV will be the sixth generation fighter at the same time. As of mid-2012, it is expected that the first model of an impact UAV will begin testing no earlier than 2016. It is expected to enter service by 2020. In 2012, a selection of patent materials on the subject “Hunter-B” was conducted at VNIIRA, and in the future, it was planned to create navigation systems for approaching and taxiing heavy UAVs on the instructions of Sukhoi OJSC (
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October 3, 2013that the first sample of a heavy shock UAV of the Sukhoi Design Bureau will be ready in 2018.On May 30, 2014, Oleg Bochkarev, Deputy Chairman of the military-industrial complex under the Government of Russia, confirmed that the first UAV flight is expected in 2018. In 2014, the first model of the device was created (
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In 2017, it was reported that the UAV demonstrator was manufactured at the Novosibirsk NAPO named after Chkalov and in 2018 will make its first flight. On June 28, 2018, the media reported the first rollout of the S-70 UAV at the Chkalov NAPO in Novosibirsk and the beginning of the final stage of UAV ground tests. At the same time, it is reported that the first flight of the S-70 will take place in 2019. Later it is reported that in November 2018, the UAV began running on the NAPO runway with acceleration to a speed of 200 km / h.
Probably the model of the UAV S-70 R&D "Okhotnik-B" (poster of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, 2017)
Design - UAV is made according to the flying wing aerodynamic design with optimization of the shape of the airframe to minimize radar visibility.Presumably, the device will be implemented in a modular manner, which will allow changing the payload depending on the type of combat mission (
source - A. Sukhorukov ... ).
Drawing of the alleged appearance of the S-70 “Okhotnik-B” UAV (Peter Butovsky,
https://bmpd.livejournal.com/2758207.html).
Vehicle performance characteristics :
Weight - up to 20,000 kg
Airspeed - approx. 1,000 km / h (forecast)
Cost :
- judging by the information from the media, the budget of the Okhotnik research work was 1.6 billion rubles.
Status : Russia
- 2011. June 23 is the priority date of the invention No. 2011125620 "Aircraft with remote control system." Authors: Demin I.M., Pogosyan M.A., Barkovsky AF., Moskalev P.B., Skachkov A.F., Shenfinkel Yu.I., Vorobev A.V., Kostenko N.I., Pekarsh A .I., Ogarkov S.O.
- April 2, 2012 - the media reported that the main design bureaus received the technical specifications of the Russian Ministry of Defense for the creation of a strike UAV of a modular design.
- 2012 - OJSC EMZ named after Myasishchev in 2012 it was planned to create a flying laboratory for testing the on-board control complex of the prospective UAS Altius, Amohodets, Okhotnik-B on the basis of the M-17RM aircraft as part of the Federal Defense Development Program -industrial complex of the Russian Federation for 2007-2010 and for the period until 2020 "(
source ).
- July 6, 2012 - information appeared in the media that the Sukhoi company was selected by the Russian Air Force as the lead developer.
- October 25, 2012 - the media reported on an official agreement between MiG and Sukhoi to join forces to create a heavy strike UAV.
- 2012 December 19 - at a press conference, the head of the UAC, Mikhail Poghosyan, said that the Sukhoi company won the Ministry of Defense competition for the creation of a multifunctional unmanned complex.