The Kronshtadt Orion is a family of Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) developed by Kronstadt Group. [4] [5] [6] There are several variants of the drone, both for Russia's domestic and export market.

Oct 18, 2024 · The baptism of fire of the promising reconnaissance and strike UAV "Inokhodets-RU" took place back in March 2022, when at least a couple of production vehicles participated in supporting units of the Russian army during the storming of the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Azov * in Mariupol…

Jan 8, 2022 · Amongst around a half-dozen Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) currently at various stages of development in Russia, Orion—also known as the Inokhodet (“Pacer”)—is the first to enter...

Dec 28, 2020 · While the Russians have said that the Orion drone — also known by the project name Inokhodets, meaning pacer in Russian — has dropped guided glide bombs before, during combat trials in Syria in 2018, the launch of a powered weapon is a new development.

With its help, the UAV can conduct reconnaissance, as well as search for targets for the use of weapons and monitor the results of the strike.

Jan 4, 2024 · “In the Russian army [Orion] is known as the Inokhodets [the Pacer],” Koshkin told Sputnik. “It belongs to the class of Medium-Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). “Their wingspan is quite large: 16 meters.

Mar 4, 2023 · For the first time, the combat use of the Pacer became known a year ago, in early March 2022. Then the Ministry of Defense spoke about the participation of the new UAV in the operation, and for the first time published a video with the results of combat work in a real conflict.

Aug 9, 2024 · In the Kursk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are increasing the pace of destruction of armored vehicles and military infrastructure of the enemy, among other things, using medium-altitude long-duration attack UAVs for this purpose.

Dec 31, 2020 · The photo shows the Orion UAV in the clouds of smoke, created as part of the Pacer development work. The device has a previously unseen desert camouflage color. KAB-20 small-caliber bombs are installed on the underwing and ventral pylons.

Russian military drone "Pacer" According to TASS , by mid-August 2022, specialists from Kronstadt JSC are working on equipping Orion drones with an electronic warfare system. The export version of the UAV is called Orion-E, and for the Russian army - Pacer.