Sources: Russian stealth UAV "Hunter" for the first time rose into the air
The plane in the early spring for the first time made full boost and pulled away from the runway of the Novosibirsk aircraft plant, the exact date of the planned first flight is not yet known
MOSCOW, may 25. /TASS/. Russian heavy shock UAV "Hunter", executed with application of technology "stealth" at the beginning of spring for the first time rose into the air from the runway of the Novosibirsk aviation plant. Chkalov. This was reported by TASS two sources in the aircraft manufacturing industry, noting that trials are not flying.
The "hunter" in early spring for the first time made full boost and pulled away from the runway of the Novosibirsk aircraft plant. The machine rose into the air to a height of several meters, making the so-called jump, then immediately landed", - said one of interlocutors of the Agency.
Another industry source said to TASS, that the tests "are not full flight, but only precede it and the need for a final check of the aerodynamics of the car, its handling and the on-Board systems". He added that in a few weeks, a series of "hops" a "Hunter". "With all of the unmanned aircraft, including taxiing, takeoff, set the speed, jump into the air, landing and stopping at the end of the runway, was done "Hunter" offline", - said the source.
The sources did not name the exact dates of past tests as well as the date of planned first flight of the "Hunter".
In the United aircraft Corporation declined to comment on the TASS provided sources of information.