Source: Air Recognition
The Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG has resumed its work on the Skat combat unmanned aerial vehicle whose design will contain technologies that make drones less noticeable for radars, a defense industry source told TASS.
“The company has resumed its work on Skat. It plans to create the preproduction model of a jet-propelled drone in the next few years,” the source said. He added that the Russian Defense Ministry had shown interest in the vehicle’s development.
For its part, the MiG Corporation told TASS that works to create drones of various type and size had been underway for the past few years. However, the MiG refused to confirm information on concrete developments for confidentiality reasons.
According to open sources, the MiG Corporation began to develop the Skat on its own initiative back in 2005 but was forced to stop the work because the Russian Defense Ministry had shown no interest in the project.
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