Victory Wings (drone production project)

2023: FPV drone production center launched in Zaporizhzhya region

Zaporizhzhya region The FPV-drone production center (first-person view, "first-person view") "Wings of Victory" was launched, Vladimir Russia Rogov, a member of the Main Council of the Zaporizhzhya Region Administration, said on May 10, 2023. According to him, the center also trains operators to work with. UAV

The Wings of Victory project is a new area of ​ ​ our activity, the production of FPV drones in the Zaporizhzhya region has been launched. They are already operating on the contact line for reconnaissance as kamikaze drones and as grenade-dropping drones. Now we can talk about the production of hundreds of drones per month. These are drones of Zaporizhzhya development, - said Rogov in a conversation with TASS.

Head of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov

He noted that "Wings of Victory" works as a production and training center, by May 10, 2023, about 15 people are trained on computers with virtual reality glasses. After training in the amount of 100-150 hours, operators are trusted to control real drones. At the same time, Vladimir Rogov did not disclose technical and other details regarding the new UAVs.

In April 2023, it became known that the Ural company Unmanned Vehicles developed a jet FPV drone-kamikaze of the K-5 aircraft type. Drone K-5 received a turbojet engine that allows it to reach speeds of up to 400 kilometers per hour, and a cruising speed of 200 kilometers per hour. The device is capable of flying up to 90 kilometers and carrying up to six kilograms of payload. It is noted that all components, with the exception of the engine, are Russian. Drone can be launched from a ground catapult or using a solid rocket booster.

The tests are planned to be completed by the end of 2023 and to present a line of serial products in reconnaissance and shock performance.^[1]

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