Russia creates a system for preventing collisions between UAVs and aircraft for 225 million rubles

On June 25, 2024, it became known that the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) initiated the development of a collision prevention system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and manned aircraft (PVA) for 225 million rubles. This step is aimed at ensuring safe flights and integrating drones into a single airspace in Russia.

According to the Vedomosti edition, research work on the creation of the system should be completed by November 30, 2025. It is planned that the Federal Air Transport Agency, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and aircraft industry enterprises will be involved in the development.

source = Ministry of Defense of Russia

The collision prevention system will be one of the key technologies capable of providing a high level of flight safety, reducing the likelihood of incidents to less than 0.00000001 per flight. This will be especially important in the face of a growing number of drones that must safely coexist in airspace with manned aircraft.

According to Vedomosti, the existing collision prevention systems used by pilots are unsuitable for preventing drone incidents due to the variety of types and characteristics of drones. To date, research in the field of SPS for drones has not been carried out, which makes the unmanned aircraft industry dependent on foreign developments.

According to the national project "Unmanned Aircraft Systems," by 2030 the market volume of Russian UAVs will be 46,200 units, and the number of produced vehicles will reach 32,500. In 2023, the Russian drone market grew by 129%, reaching 33.7 billion rubles.

Rosaviatsia emphasizes that the standardization of ATP for UAVs at the international level has not yet been completed. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) plans to complete this work in 2025-2026, and Russia is keeping pace with international developments, creating its own solutions.^[1]

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