Russia has created a new generation unguided aircraft

Tula NPO Splav named after Alexander Ganichev won the Rostec award for the creation of a new generation 80-mm unguided aerial missile. It is capable of hitting targets open and located in closed fortifications and forests. Information published on the website state corporations.

“The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that for the first time the foundation has been laid for the creation of multifunctional aviation ammunition that combines the properties of concrete-piercing and high-explosive fragmentation ammunition,” it follows from press release “Rostec”.

It is noted that the aircraft “superiors in its characteristics all existing domestic and foreign analogues.” A new small-sized, highly efficient rocket engine makes it possible to use it to design promising unguided, adjustable and guided aircraft weapons.

Aviaraketa became the winner in the category “For contribution to the development and production of special-purpose products” of the annual Nikolai Makarovets Award.

The award also recognized the development of a Mi-171A2 helicopter crew simulator, a project to develop and introduce into production a hybrid heat-protective coating for the exit cone of the nozzle block of a 122 mm MLRS rocket, units for the crew oxygen system and portable oxygen equipment for MS-21 and SJ- aircraft. 100.

The Hero of Russia Nikolai Makarovets Award was established in 2020 by the Rostec state corporation. The award is awarded for achievements in the field of creating products for military and civilian purposes. The organizing committee includes representatives of the Military-Industrial Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Rostec and Technodinamika, as well as the governor of the Tula region Alexey Dyumin. The expert council includes representatives of the ammunition and special chemicals industry, leading experts and scientists. This year, the expert council received 110 applications.

In May, Rostec announced the continuation of testing of the missile system “Hermes” with a firing range of up to 100 km. In September the concern “Kalashnikov” announced that it will open two new workshops in the near future. They will make it possible to more than double the production of Vikhr guided missiles and Kitolov precision-guided munitions.