Friday, 20. January 2012
Topic: SECURITY - on January 20, 2012 at 12:39:00 PM CET
Defense Ministry to Invest 5 billion rubles in Drones
The Defense Ministry has invested about 5 billion rubles ($158 million) with state-owned holding Russian Helicopters to develop three types of pilotless aircraft, unnamed sources told Gazeta.ru on Tuesday.
The first test models are expected to appear in 2015.
Russia has invested in drone technology before but has been largely unsuccessful in its attempts to create advanced models.
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