Navy to operate Okhotnik, Inokhodets drones
Military & Defense
January 10, 10:59
The Navy will also upgrade Tu-142M3 and Il-38 airplanes, Ka-27 and Ka-31P helicopters and develop prospective antisubmarine aircraft, Nikolay Yevmenov said
MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/. The Russian naval aviation will be reinforced with Okhotnik and Inokhodets attack drones, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov said.
"Specific attention is paid to the development of unmanned aviation. The delivery of Inokhodets and Okhotnik modern drones is planned," he told the Krasnaya Zvezda daily.
The Navy will also upgrade Tu-142M3 and Il-38 airplanes, Ka-27 and Ka-31P helicopters and develop prospective antisubmarine aircraft, he said.
The attack and fighter naval aviation is developed by the rearming with modern generation 4++ aircraft (such as multirole Su-30SM2) and the delivery of Ka-52K helicopter gunships, as well as the creation of prospective naval fighter jets.