Sokol Altius

Medium-Altitude, Long-Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)

Aviation / Aerospace

The Altius MALE UAV is being developed with both unarmed and armed reconnaissance functionality in mind.

Authored By: Staff Writer | Last Edited: 10/26/2020 | Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com

May 2018 - Sokol announced that development of the Altius UAV will be completed before the end of the year.

August 2019 - The Sokol Altius has achieved its first flight. Video of the event was released by the Russian Ministry of Defense on August 20th, 2019. The flight lasted some 32 minutes.

Specifications

Year:
2021

Status
In-Development

Crew
0

Production
1 Units

Sokol Aircraft Factory / Sokol OKB / Kazan - Russia

Russia (possible)

- Ground Attack
- Close-Air Support (CAS)
- Electronic Warfare (EW)
- Reconnaissance (RECCE)
- Unmanned

Length:
38.06 ft (11.6 m)

Width:
93.50 ft (28.5 m)

2 x RED A03 V12 diesel-fueled engines developing 500 horsepower each driving three-bladed propeller units in puller arrangement.

Max Range:
6,214 miles (10,000 km; 5,400 nm)

(Showcased performance values pertain to the Sokol Altius production model; Compare this aircraft entry against any other in our database)

Up to 2 tons of equipment or air-launched / air-dropped ordnance.

(Showcased armament details pertain to the Sokol Altius production model)

Altius - Base Series Name.

Altius-M - Variant fitted with optical imagery intelligence and opto-electronic system; side-looking position radar; active phased antenna array.

Altius-U - Variant.

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