Putin instructed the Defense Ministry to resolve the issue of establishing a UAV center in Yakutia
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- Putin instructed the Defense Ministry to resolve the issue of establishing a UAV center in Yakutia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Russian Defense Ministry to resolve the issue of establishing a center for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Yakutia. This is stated in a document on the Kremlin website on September 20.
"The Ministry of Defense of Russia together with the executive bodies of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) to consider the feasibility of creating in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) an innovative center of complex application of unmanned aerial vehicles," - noted in the instruction.
Defense Minister Andrei Belousov and the head of Yakutia Aysen Nikolaev were appointed responsible for the task. The report to the President should be submitted by November 1 of this year. The corresponding order was given following Putin's visit to Yakutia on June 18.
Earlier, on September 19, Putin said at a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission on the development of unmanned aircraft systems for special purposes that 48 special research and production centers for the design, testing and production of drones will be established in Russia by 2030. The President emphasized that since this year the national project "Unmanned Aviation Systems" has been in effect until 2030.
On the same day, during his trip to St. Petersburg, the head of state visited the drone production enterprise Special Technological Center LLC (STC). The head of state inspected an exhibition of samples of robotic complexes, antenna production shop, as well as samples of UAVs.
In mid-August, weapons and military equipment that have proved themselves in the area of the Special Technology Center were demonstrated to Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov at the exposition of the Army-2024 military-technical forum. Among other things, Belousov inspected strike and reconnaissance drones, long-, medium- and short-range air defense equipment and other promising models.
