Kovalchuk noted the significant role of unmanned systems in the modern world

The role of unmanned systems of various types has increased significantly in the modern world. This was announced on Thursday, July 3, by Mikhail Kovalchuk, President of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center, speaking at the Scientific Expert Council of the Russian Maritime Collegium.

"The President of the Russian Federation [Vladimir Putin] has approved the final version of the Navy development strategy. This strategy defines the formation of a new look for the Russian Navy with a significantly increased role of unmanned systems, primarily unmanned boats, underwater vehicles, and in the future unmanned ships," Kovalchuk said.

He noted that unmanned aircraft systems have actually replaced traditional small aircraft.

According to Kovalchuk, marine robotics is becoming a key tool for exploring the world's oceans. With the help of autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicles, a lot of tasks are solved, such as geological exploration, underwater maintenance, oceanographic research, environmental monitoring, search and survey.

"We can say that the use of robotic marine complexes opens up fundamentally new opportunities for science, industry and defense," concluded the head of the Kurchatov Institute.

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Earlier, on April 8, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov announced that this year it is planned to significantly increase the supply of ground-based robotic systems to the Russian Armed Forces. He specified that in the future the role of ground robots will increase.