Altius UAV program

the newest google earth image of Kazan shows an unknown (at least to me) huge Drone (30x12m). It seems not to be an Altius-M.
Any ideas?

Yup that's Altus 100%

Considering how long it has been seen on the runway I would bet that it already flew quite a bit

Altair.

Altair.

is this an alternate name for Altius or is a completely different uav?

also I couldn't find the video on TV Zvezda's youtube channel, wish they will upload it soon

Nibiru wrote:

Altair.

is this an alternate name for Altius or is a completely different uav?

also I couldn't find the video on TV Zvezda's youtube channel, wish they will upload it soon

Ask and ye shall receive...

Nibiru wrote:

Altair.

is this an alternate name for Altius or is a completely different uav?

also I couldn't find the video on TV Zvezda's youtube channel, wish they will upload it soon

Altius-M is the name of the Scientific Research Program (Научно-исследовательская работа (НИР)). Altair is the name of the UAV that emerged as a result of that effort.

The development of the drone "Altair" discontinued - the media

The development of a heavy unmanned aerial vehicle may continue in another enterprise.

Development of a heavy drone "Altair", which dealt with the OKB. MP Simonov, discontinued. It is reported by the newspaper Vedomosti, citing a source in the Ministry of Defense.

The report stressed that the groundwork for the "Altair" will not disappear: the creation of a UAV of this class can be continued in another enterprise.

https://tvzvezda.ru/news/opk/content/201810091043-dyax.htm

Source: the decision to change the manufacturer of the drone "Altair" will take until the end of the year

According to the interlocutor of TASS, about the closure of the program "there was no talk at all"

MOSCOW, October 9. / Tass /. The decision to transfer the production of the Altair unmanned aerial vehicle (Altius theme) to the Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) will be made before the end of the year, it was not planned to close the program. This was reported TASS source in the military-industrial complex.

The transfer of production from the Simonov Design Bureau to UZGA is under consideration. The final decision should be made in December," a source said.

The agency interlocutor added that "in principle, there was no talk of closing this program." "A possible transfer of production is associated with known problems in the OKB," he added.

More
https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/5652285

Sounds like its been a deeply troubled program https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3371103.html
Aside from insinuation of corruption & mostly outsourcing of the work, it seems the thing barely works

at the end of 2014, when the device was supposed to fly, only an approach took place - the car was torn off the strip and re-planted. And with the first flight reached to 2015. Meanwhile, according to the terms of the state contract worth 3.6 billion rubles worth of design contracts (ROC) Altius-O, concluded in November 2014, the bureau by February 2017 was supposed to produce two UAV models and hand them over in November 2018 But today, the Okrovskaya car made only a few flights, while a minimum of 50 is required. The source itself describes the flights with irony: the maximum height is 800 m, the drone is controlled from a helicopter flying near it, while preparing for the flight takes more than a week.

BS on par with CNN. "Unnamed source tells me... bla, bla, bla."

Simonov is a design bureau, UZGA will be the production plant.

hoom wrote:Sounds like its been a deeply troubled program https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3371103.html
Aside from insinuation of corruption & mostly outsourcing of the work, it seems the thing barely works

at the end of 2014, when the device was supposed to fly, only an approach took place - the car was torn off the strip and re-planted. And with the first flight reached to 2015. Meanwhile, according to the terms of the state contract worth 3.6 billion rubles worth of design contracts (ROC) Altius-O, concluded in November 2014, the bureau by February 2017 was supposed to produce two UAV models and hand them over in November 2018 But today, the Okrovskaya car made only a few flights, while a minimum of 50 is required. The source itself describes the flights with irony: the maximum height is 800 m, the drone is controlled from a helicopter flying near it, while preparing for the flight takes more than a week.

I would usually say that it sounds like a bad joke but I can't because this sounds like a great joke. I laughed my ass off...

800m and a helicopter? You can't make that stuff up

Sending it to different developer is definitely smart thing to do. I hope they don't forget to sue previous ones for fraud.

Updated UAV "Altius" will make the first flight in May-June

The project is moving. With (the head of Tatarstan Minnikhanov) Rustam Nurgaliyevich held a meeting, looked at the results ... There is a slight lag, but we will now catch up, so this work will definitely be done. configuration, "- said Krivoruchko.

https://ria.ru/20181220/1548350832.html

The appearance of "Altair": what will be the new Russian drone

Izvestia learned additional details about the promising apparatus

https://iz.ru/832251/dmitrii-iurov/oblik-altaira-kakim-budet-novyi-rossiiskii-udarnyi-bespilotnik

George1 wrote:i made a seperate topic for Altair UAV because its the first big Russian UAV, so its a special case.

If you disagree i merged it again with the general thread

I think its a good decision!...

New photo of the Altair UAV.

Look at this stealth suit the guy is wearing!

Madhouse with Russian UAV program Altair continues


https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3635408.html

PapaDragon wrote:
Madhouse with Russian UAV program Altair continues


https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3635408.html

We can only take blogs seriously for so much.

Its better to wait till June for if it will fly. otherwise, I forsee the project being on hold until Orion-2 comes out which would compete.

it is a high altitude surveillance platform ...

it isn't "stealth" its there for people to notice ...
you guys scare me ....

it flies ok .... no problem ...... but the engines are diesels from a Russian guy who moved to Germany ....

it will be built .... but its no "game changer"

but very useful re Russia's long borders .....
its not a "strike" weapon .... it is probably a "target" for the true nasty stuff to target .....
just like the Israelis do ....

come on you guys .... lift your game ....

Now called Altius-U.

Hole wrote:Now called Altius-U.

Hopefully they removed requirement for helicopter to fly next to it in order to work