Aladdin (cargo drone)

2022: Drone announcement

On June 9, 2022, it became known about the creation in Russia of a drone capable of transporting people and goods weighing up to 250 kg at a distance of up to 150 km. An unmanned aerial vehicle called Aladdin was developed by the Aerospace Ecosystem company mainly with the money of its director Alexei Altukhov, who is the head of the laboratory of aerospace systems at Moscow State University.

According to Altukhov, by June 9, 2022, about 22 million were invested in the project. The company NV-ASUproekt"" and "" also invested in it.Sovcomflot

A drone was created in Russia to transport people and goods for 150 km

We are looking for investors for the next round of financing, "Alexey Altukhov told Vedomosti. - About 50 million rubles are required for the stage of active flight testing. And for serial production you need several hundred million rubles.

We are talking, according to him, about testing five prototypes that the company is developing in military and civilian directions.

It will allow Russian Post to deliver parcels cheaply and quickly to hard-to-reach areas and regions, he added.

According to Altukhov, the advantage of Aladdin is that it uses both a gasoline engine and an electric motor. On the latter, the device can fly up to 30 km, and using a gasoline engine - more than 100 km.

Since Russia is now under sanctions, [...] we took the engine from Lada Priora, - said Altukhov.

The developers had to modernize it: with the help of turbines, the power was increased from 100 liters. from. up to 260 liters. from. The engines that were designed for Lada have not yet been used for large drones that could carry goods weighing up to 250 kg. [A ^[1]

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