Russia, UAE, To Team Up To Build Helicopter Drones - Forbes

Russia, UAE, To Team Up To Build Helicopter Drones - Forbes:

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Russia and the United Arab Emirates plan to retrofit
 this Berkut VL light helicopter into an unmanned combat drone.

A Russian and a United Arab Emirates defense contractor are planning to jointly build an unmanned combat helicopter drone as global military’s become more sci-fi, RIA Novosti newswire reported on Monday.

Russia’s Berkut Aero will reportedly team up with the UAE’s Adcom Systems to take Russia’s Berkut VL helicopter as a model for Russia’s first-ever combat helicopter drone.  The aircraft would be stationed on a Russian aircraft carrier and fly to remote areas, Berkut Aero development director Dmitry Rumyantsev told the wire.

Adcom Systems representative Karim Badir also confirmed to RIA Novosti that the company was considering the Russian chopper as a basis for a new attack drone."

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