Russia received the first strike drone. Russian shock drones (20 photos) UAV breakthrough
The Yak-133BR is an unmanned reconnaissance reconnaissance aircraft, created based on the achievements of the Yak-130 combat trainer. OKB them. Yakovleva examined a number of interspecific promising unmanned multifunctional aircraft systems. The development of UAVs “Raven” and “Klest” was carried out in the usual way, but it was planned to use an unconventional scheme in the construction of more expensive and complex UAVs of the “Breakthrough” family. An important point is that the drone project was based on a scientific and technical reserve, which was obtained during the development of the Yak-130 UBS.
Most of the elements of the control system and avionics of the aircraft were transferred to the drone. This made it possible to carry out the development of an aviation unmanned complex with lower costs than during the traditional design, production time and technical risks are also reduced.
UAVs of the Proryv family Yak-133BR have 3 modifications: reconnaissance radar patrol and strike aircraft, in which there are a large number of interchangeable systems and assemblies.
UAVs are able to perform almost all tasks related to aerial reconnaissance and carry out special operations. According to the concept of creating the Yak-133BR model, the new unmanned vehicle will have much in common with the Yak-130 UTS, which is now at the final stage of flight tests.
These 3 unmanned aerial vehicles are structurally and ideologically linked. In order to successfully implement the development programs of aircraft complexes with UAVs, it is necessary to invent a mechanism for organizing the production process at all its levels, up to the target orientation of the devices.
As practice shows, the superiority in creating UAVs in Russia is assigned to the aircraft construction design bureau, because these design bureaus have vast experience in creating aircraft using complex technical units and systems.
Yakovlev Yak-133BR characteristics:
| X characteristics | "Breakthrough-U" | "Breakthrough-R" | "Breakthrough-RLD" |
| A type | Long range | Long range | Long range |
| Appointment (basic / modification) | Shock | Scout | Radar watch |
| Wingspan / fuselage length, m | - | - | - |
| Starting weight, kg | 10 000 | 9800 | 10000 |
| The mass of the target equipment, kg | 1000...3000 | 1000... 1200 | 1000 |
| Speed \u200b\u200bkm / h | 1100 | 750 | 750 |
| Flight duration, h | 6 | 20 | 16 |
| Practical ceiling, m | 16 000 | 20 000 | 14 000 |
Irkut Corporation began testing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as part of the Breakthrough development work (previously known as the Yak-133 project). The device is capable of reconnaissance and, if necessary, destroying enemy targets, while remaining invisible to its radars. The novelty is built according to the original aerodynamic design and looks very different from traditional aircraft.
In the future, the newest drone will be equipped not only with air-to-ground guided missiles and bombs, but also with optoelectronic systems, electronic intelligence systems, and even radar.
As Izvestia’s interlocutor in the aircraft industry noted, the aerodynamic design of the latest drone (a combination of the geometric and structural design of the aircraft) is very complex, containing many unique technical solutions that were not previously used in any of the serial aircraft.
At the design stage, there were discussions between representatives of the Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI), Irkut, and Yakovlev Design Bureau, during which it was suggested that an apparatus of this form would not be able to fly at all, one of the project participants told Izvestia. - Doubts were dispelled only after the first test flight took place in August. Everything went fine, the designers were congratulated.
The composition of the armament of the drone has not yet been completely determined, but it is already known that UAVs will destroy stationary targets with bombs with laser and optical homing heads, as well as those adjusted by the GLONASS signal.
The unique aerodynamic design of the drone allows you to make the UAV invisible to enemy radars, even when it is using weapons or conducting reconnaissance, but also quite maneuverable and fast, ”said the aircraft manufacturer. - In order for the latest drone with the selected aerodynamic design to be able to fly, I had to do very difficult work on the integration of UAVs, which, in particular, involved specialists from Roscosmos.
The term "integration" means reducing the operation of all systems and subsystems installed on board an aircraft into a single complex. According to the interlocutor of Izvestia, using modern technology, you can make even a stool fly and perform maneuvers, but the problem remains how to manage such a product.
All aircraft systems must act in a complex, as a single organism. If a pilot, for example, begins to perform a maneuver, then all the on-board systems - navigation, engine controls, etc. - taking into account the design of the aircraft and its characteristics, they optimize their work so that they can perform the specified maneuver without interruption, ”the representative of the aircraft industry explained. - In modern aircraft, several thousand different systems and subsystems that monitor and control hundreds of flight parameters, and the pilot cannot independently monitor the work of each. Therefore, modern aircraft are equipped with information management systems (IMS), forcing the aircraft to operate in the complex.
The most important part of integration is to prescribe algorithms and mathematical formulas that define the logic and operation parameters of all aircraft systems, which, having turned into a special program, are laid down in the IMS of the aircraft.
Unmanned technologies in Russia are now developing very actively both in the state industry and in the private segment, ”says Sergey Zhukov, head of the AeroNet department of the National Technology Initiative. - Speaking of gliders, we are now approximately at the level of world standards in terms of small UAVs and have an uncritical - less than three years - lag in terms of ultralight composite structures for large drones. If we talk about navigation and control systems, then our developments are not inferior to foreign counterparts, but the minus is that they are made so far on a foreign element base. In terms of power plants, we are somewhat behind, but I can say that we are currently developing in the field of localizing the production of piston and turbojet engines, so that the domestic industry is closing this niche at an accelerated pace. By processing monitoring data, we create our own problem-oriented products and already bring them to the world market. And in terms of integration into the common airspace, we may even be 1-2 years ahead of the world level.
Irkut Corporation began testing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as part of the Breakthrough development work (previously known as the Yak-133 project). The device is capable of reconnaissance and, if necessary, destroying enemy targets, while remaining invisible to its radars, Izvestia reports. The novelty is built according to the original aerodynamic design and looks very different from traditional aircraft.
In the future, the newest drone will be equipped not only with air-to-ground guided missiles and bombs, but also with optoelectronic systems, electronic intelligence systems, and even radar.
The aerodynamic design of the latest drone (a combination of the geometric and structural design of the aircraft) is very complex, containing many unique technical solutions that have not previously been used in any of the serial aircraft. On the official website of the OKB Yakovleva there is a mention that this UAV was developed on the basis of the Yak-130 UBS with the processing of the original project by 60%.
At the design stage, there were discussions between representatives of the Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI), Irkut and Yakovlev Design Bureau, during which opinions were expressed that an apparatus of this form would not be able to fly at all, said one of the project participants. - Doubts were dispelled only after the first test flight took place in August. Everything went fine, the designers were congratulated.
The composition of the armament of the UAV has not yet been completely determined, but it is already known that UAVs will destroy stationary targets with bombs with laser and optical homing heads, as well as those adjusted by the GLONASS signal.
The unique aerodynamic design of the drone allows you to make the UAV invisible to enemy radars, even when it is using weapons or conducting reconnaissance, but also quite maneuverable and fast, ”said the aircraft manufacturer. - In order for the latest drone with the selected aerodynamic design to be able to fly, I had to do very difficult work on the integration of UAVs, which, in particular, involved specialists from Roscosmos.
The term "integration" means reducing the operation of all systems and subsystems installed on board an aircraft into a single complex. According to the expert, using modern technologies, you can make even a stool fly and perform maneuvers, but the problem remains how to operate such a product.
All aircraft systems must act in a complex, as a single organism. If a pilot, for example, begins to perform a maneuver, then all the on-board systems - navigation, engine controls, etc. - taking into account the design of the aircraft and its characteristics, they optimize their work so that they can perform the specified maneuver without interruption, ”the representative of the aircraft industry explained. - In modern aircraft, several thousand different systems and subsystems that monitor and control hundreds of flight parameters, and the pilot cannot independently monitor the work of each. Therefore, modern aircraft are equipped with information management systems (IMS), forcing the aircraft to operate in the complex.
The most important part of integration is to prescribe algorithms and mathematical formulas that define the logic and operation parameters of all aircraft systems, which, having turned into a special program, are laid down in the IMS of the aircraft.
Unmanned technologies in Russia are now developing very actively both in the state industry and in the private segment, ”says Sergey Zhukov, head of the AeroNet department of the National Technology Initiative. - Speaking of gliders, we are now approximately at the level of world standards in terms of small UAVs and have an uncritical - less than three years - lag in terms of ultralight composite structures for large drones. If we talk about navigation and control systems, then our developments are not inferior to foreign counterparts, but the minus is that they are made so far on a foreign element base. In terms of power plants, we are somewhat behind, but I can say that we are currently developing in the field of localizing the production of piston and turbojet engines, so that the domestic industry is closing this niche at an accelerated pace. By processing monitoring data, we create our own problem-oriented products and already bring them to the world market. And in terms of integration into the common airspace, we may even be 1-2 years ahead of the world level.
I quote the press: " Ground tracking aids recorded the appearance of an unknown military unmanned aerial vehicle in the sky above Ulyanovsokm, the Kommersant newspaper wrote in a February 24 issue. A special commission has been created to investigate the incident in the Volga Territorial Administration of Air Transport.
The incident occurred on the morning of February 17 in the regulated flight area of \u200b\u200baircraft of the Barataevka airport.The aircraft appeared on radar screens dangerously close to two DOSAAF flying club aircraft. The drone followed at a speed of 500 kilometers an hour at an altitude of more than two thousand meters the same course as the training aircraft of the L-29 flying club, and came into their tail. The dispatcher gave the pilots a command to change course. After that, the drone continued flying in the direction of Penza and soon disappeared from the radar.
The Ulyanovsk Air Traffic Management Center confirmed information about the appearance of an unidentified drone in the civilian aircraft area, but did not disclose any details about the incident. According to a Kommersant source close to the aviation sector, the dimensions of the UAV were similar to the L-29 training aircraft (wingspan about ten meters, fuselage length almost 11 meters, weight in ready-to-take state - more than three tons). According to the newspaper, the Skat drone project, whose development, however, had previously been suspended, had similar characteristics.
A Kommersant source in the Ministry of Defense rejected the version that any foreign aircraft could fly over Ulyanovsk, since there was no border crossing. The defense department did not provide any other comments regarding the incident. "( Lenta.ru )
Kommersant: Military drone went AWOL: " in the sky above Ulyanovsk the appearance of an unknown military heavy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was recorded "
In aviation circles, they note that this is "a rather scandalous incident, since an unknown drone appeared actually over the city."
IMHO: Let me doubt that we can talk about the “Skat” of the MiG corporation, whose passport data: a wingspan of 11.5 meters, a length of 10.25, a parking height of 2.7 m, and a maximum take-off weight of 10 tons, the maximum speed is up to 800 km / h, the ceiling height is 12 thousand meters, the flight range is up to 4000 kilometers, the RD-5000B dual-circuit turbojet engine with a thrust of 5040 kgf is protected from detection in the infrared range. The reason for doubt is the complete unavailability of Skat's electronic equipment at the moment, in particular software, so far these issues have not been resolved by Sukhoi.
But it is very likely that in the airspace of Ulyanovsk was the Yak-133BR “Breakthrough-U”, the “Breakthrough” program of the Yakovlev company. UAV Yak-133BR is protected from radar detection at long and medium distances. Its characteristics are similar to the Skat: take-off weight up to ten tons in the shock version, a practical ceiling of about 16 kilometers, speed up to 1100 km / h. However, perhaps we are talking about the models "Breakthrough-R" or "Breakthrough-RLD" with the possibility of being in the air for up to 16 hours. In terms of performance characteristics, the Breakthrough UAV series is similar to the promising BSS X-47B, developed by Northrop Grumman and X-45B, developed by Boeing.
If, however, the observers' impressions about the similarity in size with the L-29 were somewhat exaggerated, then we can talk about the KAMAZ - Dozor-600, patrol UAVs of the Predator / Hermes class, developed by Gennady Trubnikov, but I doubt that it in general, it can be compared with the L-29, except with reference to optical illusions.
It would be interesting to know that we are talking about a classic unmanned aircraft designed by the Kazan Design Bureau Sokol (R&D Altius).
But, preliminary, a more likely event, apparently it should be considered that all the same tests were carried out by OKB to them. A.S. Yakovleva, and in the air was a model of Yuri Yankevich, Irkut Corporation with the participation of the Italian company Alenia Ermakki (Finmekkanika group of companies). To date, all permits from the ministries of defense of Russia and Italy have already been received.
When creating the Yak-133 UAV, the experience and developments in the Yak-130 UTK were taken into account.
Where did the UAV come from? So from the GLITs in Akhtubinsk ... or from the assembly of the Sokol Aviation Plant in Nizhny Novgorod and this, quite possibly, is an unmanned reconnaissance and strike aircraft Yak-133BR. And, yes, it's more like an Albatross than a Dolphin.
Yes, I forgot to say, but the Italians somehow didn’t take root in Russia, and they came out of the Proryv project and got the right to develop their version of the UAV and the production of their own M346 aircraft based on a joint project.
Specialists of the Institute of Nuclear Physics. GI Budker SB RAS (INP SB RAS) manufactured an industrial accelerator of the ILU-8 family for the Special Design Bureau of the Cable Industry (OKB KP, Mytishchi). It will allow the customer to increase productivity by 100 times and reduce the cost of the production process by 25% compared with the method that is used now.
After irradiation, the products increase strength and increase heat resistance, they become suitable for use at temperatures reaching 200 degrees Celsius. With the help of ILU-8, OKB KP specialists plan to organize mass production of a new type of wire for the military industry.
“Processing cable products at the ILU-8 accelerator,” comments Vadim Viktorovich Bezuglov, a researcher at the INP SB RAS, “will allow OKB KP specialists to increase production by a factor of a hundred - a wire thickness of 0.12 centimeters is irradiated at a speed of 120 meters per minute. This process significantly increases the strength of the product. According to the requirements, the wire must withstand at least 300 cycles of exposure to a steel string. Products processed on the ILU-8 installation can withstand from 600 to 1300 such influences. The use of an accelerator significantly reduces the cost of production, since the currently used OKB KP irradiation method is based on the use of an expensive and rather dangerous radioactive isotope - cobalt-60. ”
OKB KP specialists will use the ILU-8 accelerator for mass production of a new type of wire with fluoroplastic composites. Ftoroplastovaya double-layer insulation has several advantages. This is how much material, and the wires coated with it can easily be pulled through narrow channels inside aircraft or other equipment where space saving is important. Such a wire is heat resistant and is able to withstand temperatures up to 200 degrees Celsius.
OKB KP employees have already begun processing wires of different thicknesses on the ILU-8. Laboratory analysis of irradiated samples indicates that they meet the requirements.
The ILU-8 accelerator is an example of import substitution in high-tech production, since it is a cost-effective, high-quality equipment, in favor of which large state and commercial enterprises choose, abandoning foreign analogues due to the high cost and complexity of maintenance.
ILU-8 is the most compact accelerator of the ILU family, its height with radiation protection is 3 meters, width and length are 2.5 meters each, weight with radiation protection is 76 tons. The advantage of this accelerator is that it does not need to build a separate bunker, the protection is a box of thick steel plates. The installation can be placed directly in the customer’s workshop, and next to it all the necessary equipment can be installed. This factor significantly reduces the cost of production.
