Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik UAV revealed

[Avimimus]

Flateric really doesn't waste words...

Sometimes it isn't entirely clear what he is referring to though! A brevity, you are beautiful!

 

[Flyaway]

Flateric really doesn't waste words...

Sometimes it isn't entirely clear what he is referring to though! A brevity, you are beautiful!

Makes me wonder if they and Jim on NSF are one and the same person!

 

[flateric]

BS

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Sure?

Said Aminov photo. Apparently an development RC model.

 

[GARGEAN]

Uuuu! That's interesting news. Sadly not full scale, but better than nothing.

 

[Trident]

Some more satellite pics (http://paralay.iboards.ru/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2683&start=720):

 

[Deino]

A new image ?!

 

[GARGEAN]

According to some reports first flight happened today. Waiting for official confirmation.

 

[GARGEAN]

Yup, it's confirmed.

https://www.interfax.ru/russia/671477?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tyazhelyy-udarnyy-bespilotnik-ohotnik-so

 

[Deino]

Congratulations

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1157721944223047680

 

[Tass]

Short 1st flight video has just been posted

 

[Deino]

Congrats again ...

 

[sferrin]

What a beast.

 

[lastdingo]

I cannot find a thread about this Russian drone, so here's one.

Sukhoi Okhotnik - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Neues UCAV von Suchoi: Russische Kampfdrohne „Ochotnik“ fliegt

Suchois neue Riesendrohne S-70 „Ochotnik“ (auf Deutsch: „Jäger“) hat am vergangenen Samstag offenbar ihren Erstflug absolviert. Das berichtet die russische Nachrichtenagentur Tass unter Berufung auf das russische Verteidigungsministerium.

www.flugrevue.de

Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B

www.globalsecurity.org

Das ist Russlands supergeheime Riesendrohne Okhotnik-B

Schon länger ist bekannt, dass der russische Flugzeughersteller Suchoi eine schwere, bewaffnete Drohne namens Okhotnik-B entwickelt. Nun sind die ...

www.stern.de

Russia's top secret heavy strike stealth drone takes flight

The stealthy drone could offer the Russian military a way to penetrate air spaces without being detected.

futurism.com

Russian combat UAV Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik made first flight | August 2019 Global Defense Security army news industry | Defense Security global news industry army 2019 | Archive News year

Russian combat UAV Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik made first flight

www.armyrecognition.com

Video: Russia’s New Su-70 Okhotnik-B or “Hunter-B” Drone Makes First Flight.

New “Hunter-B” Drone to Provide Armed, Remotely-Piloted Capability. According to Russian news agencies, Russia’s new Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik or “Hunter-B” drone made its first flight on Saturday, Aug.…

theaviationist.com

(The links are largely redundant, but I suppose some of them will go dead sooner or later.)

(It's public knowledge since January, so maybe this is just another case of the search function not quite living up to its promise.)

 

[overscan]

Merged to the appropriate existing topic

 

[Avimimus]

Impressive climb-off! For a first flight it seems pretty confident.

 

[greedo]

What is the small opening next to the engine on the starboard wing?

 

[TomS]

What is the small opening next to the engine on the starboard wing?

Someone mentioned it upthread; there's an APU in one of the weapon bays for test purposes (I assume so they can power the onboard systems for testing without lighting the main engine and having to worry so much about walking around the aircraft).

 

[Grey Havoc]

Impressive climb-off! For a first flight it seems pretty confident.

As long as it is not using a Cyberdyne processor!

 

[QuadroFX]

Extended version of first flight video:

 

[QuadroFX]

by paralay of course