Skat is a reconnaissance and attack unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Mikoyan and Gurevich OKB and Klimov OJSC . It was first presented at the MAKS-2007 air show as a full-size mockup designed for testing design and layout solutions.
UAV "Skat" | |
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Full-size mock of a Scat UAV at MAKS-2007 | |
Type of | shock drone |
Developer | OKB Mikoyan and Gurevich |
Manufacturer | |
Chief Designer | A.I. Fedorov |
Status | in active development (experimental development for December 2015) |
Options | Hunter |
According to Sergey Korotkov, Director General of RAC MiG, the development of the Scat unmanned assault aircraft has been discontinued [ when? ] ; The project was suspended due to lack of funding. By the decision of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, according to the results of the relevant tender, the head developer of the promising attack UAV was elected [ when? ] Sukhoi company. At the same time, the groundwork for the Skat will be used in the development of the “family” of the Sukhoi UAV, and RAC MiG will take part in these works.
On December 22, 2015, in an interview (with the Vedomosti newspaper) with the RSK MiG general director, Serey Korotkov, it was said that the work on the Skat was continuing; the work is being done jointly with TsAGI ; financing the development of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation [1] .
In June 2019, Ilya Tarasenko, Director General of RSK MiG, announced that the BLA’s technical task plan was to be approved by the Ministry of Defense before the end of the year [2] .
Content
Assignment
- Conducting intelligence .
- The attack on ground targets bombs and guided missiles ( X-59 ).
- Destruction of radar systems by missiles ( X-31 ).
Performance
Specifications
- Crew: none [3]
- Length: 10.25 m
- Wingspan : 11.50 m
- Height: 2.7 m
- Chassis : tricycle
- Maximum take-off weight: 20000 kg
- Engine: 1 × TRD RD-5000B with a flat nozzle
- Traction :
- formless: 1 × 5040 kgf
- Thrust :
- with maximum take-off weight: 0.25 kgf / kg
Flight characteristics
- Maximum speed at high altitude: 850 km / h (0.8 M )
- Flight range: 4000 km
- Combat radius: 1200 km
- Practical ceiling : 15,000 m
Armament
- Combat load: 6000 kg
- Suspension points: 4, in internal bomb bay
- Suspension options:
- 2 × X-31A air-to-surface
- 2 × X-31P "air-radar"
- 2 × CAB -250 (250 kg)
- 2 × CAB-500 (500 kg)
See also
- BAS-62
- Hunter (UAV)
Notes
- ↑ The intelligence of combat systems is growing rapidly, but people still need
- ↑ Technical assignment for the Scat drone will be coordinated with the Ministry of Defense until the end of the year . RIA News (20190617T0835 + 0300Z). The appeal date is June 17, 2019.
- ↑ Fighting cock
Links
- Combat unmanned vehicle "Skat" on bp-la.ru
- photos of the premiere on the blog « pilot.strizhi.info »
- story about the "slope" " pilot.strizhi.info "