Skat (UAV)

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"
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] .