Grom (

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') is a Russian

unmanned combat aerial vehicle An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone, colloquially shortened as drone or battlefield UAV, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance ...

(UCAV) being developed by Kronshtadt. It was first unveiled at ARMY-2020 forum.

Development

A full size mockup of the Grom UCAV was unveiled at Army-2020 by Kronshtadt. "Grom" is being designed to operate in conjunction with fighters such as

Su-35 The Sukhoi Su-35 (russian: link=no, Сухой Су-35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) is the designation for two improved derivatives of the Su-27 air-defence fighter. They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable aircraft, designe ...

and

Su-57 The Sukhoi Su-57 (russian: Сухой Су-57; NATO reporting name: Felon) is a Twinjet, twin-engine stealth Multirole combat aircraft, multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. It is the product of the PAK FA (russian: ПАК ФА, russ ...

; according to main designer of Kronstadt, the main task of this UCAV is to save the lives of pilots and piloted aircraft themselves. "Grom" will be able to carry

Kh-38 The Kh-38/Kh-38M (russian: Х-38) is a family of air-to-surface missiles meant to succeed the Kh-25 and Kh-29 missile families. Design and development The basic configuration of the Kh-38M was revealed at the 2007 Moscow Air Show (MAKS). The ...

air-to-surface guided missiles. The weapons will be placed on four hardpoints - two under the wings and two inside the fuselage. The

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has developed air-to-surface missiles for this drone, prepared the Izdeliye 85 guided missile, as well as KAB-250 and KAB-500 guided bombs. The Grom drone will be capable of not only operating with its own weapons, but also controlling a swarm of 10 units of Molniya strike drones launched from another carrier. During Army-2022 forum Kronshtadt representatives confirmed that government contracts for the development of the drone were signed, and it was at the stage of preliminary design.

Specifications (Grom)

References

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