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Senior Fellow @FPRI. Previously @USMC, @ColumbiaSIPA, @CentreAST. Focused on Russian defense policy.

Oct 2, 2021, 18 tweets

This week’s Voennaya Priyomka looks at the Okhotnik heavy UCAV.
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The S-70 Okhotnik heavy UCAV with a Su-57 fighter at the 929th State Flight Test Centre (GLITs) in Akhtubinsk. 2/
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Screenshots of the S-70 Okhotnik heavy UCAV. 3/

And a look inside the Okhotnik's control center. 4/

The Okotnik's test pilot, Yevgeny Frolov, said the VKS will likely use pilots as the first operators of the Okhotnik, but he said actual pilots may not be needed given the level of automation. The Okhotnik is capable of operating even if its loses contract with the operator. 5/

Screenshots of the Okhotnik's weapons bay door open. 6/

More footage of the Okhotnik heavy UCAV. 9/

The Okhotnik next to a Su-57 fighter. 10/

More from the report on the Okhotnik UCAV. 11/

Close-up look at the Okhotnik's engine and camera. 12/

More photos of the Okhotnik heavy UCAV and Su-57 fighter. 13/
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Alexei Krivoruchko was on hand at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant to see the first flying prototype of the S-70 Okhotnik with a flat engine nozzle, which gives it a smaller radar signature. 14/
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Comparison of the new Okhotnik UCAV flying prototype with the flat exhaust nozzle and the initial prototype's round nozzle. Sergei Chemezov said they are also working on a new ground control center. 15/
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More photos of the new flying prototype of the Okhotnik heavy UCAV with a flat exhaust nozzle with Deputy Defense Minister Krivoruchko, VKS Commander Surovikin, and OAK Director Yuri Slyusar. 16/
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Another video of the new flying prototype of the Okhotnik heavy UCAV with a flat exhaust nozzle. 17/
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Interestingly, Kronstadt has been placed in charge of developing a new ground control center for the Okhotnik heavy UCAV. 18/
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An aircraft industry source tells RIA Novosti that the second Okhotnik heavy UCAV with a flat exhaust nozzle will scheduled to begin flight tests in July. 19/
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A Russian S-70 Okhotnik heavy UCAV was shot down by a Russian aircraft near Konstantynivka. Fighterbomber claims this was a serial production model. 20/
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