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UAV Tests Held By Domestic Manufacturers

September 20 2010

Russia

The Russian Defense Ministry has announced the completion of a series of tests on a number of domestically built unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), RIA Novosti reports.

Many domestic manufacturers have made "significant progress" in developing their models, military officials said.

The tests were carried out in Nizhny Novgorod in central Russia.

As recently as last November, the air force had determined that most Russian UAVs did not meet many of its needs, including speed...

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