"Self -made with Skolkovo": Russians collect deadly drones in their garages - The Insider
About it writes the Russian edition of The Insider in his article "Homemarks with Skolekovo: who and how in Russia produces FPV-punks to kill Ukrainians. " One of these "innovators" is Alexander Atamanov, who presents himself as a successful startup. He attracted the attention of the media and the military with his ideas, including a robot with a grenade launcher.
However, it turned out that this "robot" is Chinese entertainment, and its company is rather earning on the sale of small drones and components. Alexander Atamanov's main dream was the creation of a flying motorcycle that could be used as a drone taxi. For this purpose, in 2016, he founded companies in California - Hoversurf Inc. And in Russia - LLC OKB "Hover". California companies have been raised several hundred thousand dollars from the Starta Capital Foundation and Russian entrepreneurs.
In 2019, the concept of a flying motorcycle was "sold" by Dubai police. However, business, obviously, did not go smoothly: in 2020, Alexander Atamanov put his share in Hoversurf for sale on the site "Avito" for 100 million rubles. As he told the "provinces", the main income of the company brought the sale of small drones and components. In 2023, the boomerang drones, related to Atamanov, appeared at the front in Ukraine.
These drones are described as Kamikadze drones with filled striking elements capable of bypassing antitrone guns. However, the Ukrainian volunteer noted that they are made of simple materials, including imported components, such as batteries and cameras. "Made of g*wna and sticks. Like everything" on Russia ". The trouble is that they will not be stopped by no sanctions in the world.
The body is made of textolite, but the design also uses import components - battery, camera, video transmitter Electric motors, antenna and receiver, " - the Dron's design commented Ukrainian volunteer Yuri Abdula. St. Petersburg Nikita Schulpin, who sells camera and mini-kings, has suddenly increased the supply of equipment from China, probably thanks to the links with the director of Gascar Group Igor Afanasiev, Russian journalists write.
Gasar Group also declares its innovative business solutions, including using drones. They produced Pelican quadcopters and a station for automatic launching drones "Dronopor Hive". However, their drone "Siberian", presented in 2023, was criticized for poor quality and high price. Some Siberian details were identified as imported and accessible on Aliexpress, and Schulpin's company began to import similar details only in mid -2023.
After the scandal with the quality and price of drone, the information about it was removed from the site "Gascar Group". However, they continue to take an active part in military events, presenting at the Army-2023 forum the training designer of quadcopters "Klever. Hasskar Code". Orenburg entrepreneur Andriy Terekhov headed the organization "Center for Complex Support", which boasted the creation of drones with "Orenburg know-how".
They declared the production of 1000 drones a month and their training of Orenburg Cadets. However, the photographs of the whipped drones were noticed the marking of the famous Chinese spare parts supplier. Ukrainian experts noted that the quality of drilling from Terekhov is higher than that of other Russian counterparts. Volodymyr Tkachuk from Yekaterinburg created the company "Uraldronzavod", which develops military drones "Popis". They were built for donations and received some recognition.
Most drones are made on a 3D printer. Students of local universities assist the production. It is unknown how the company purchases details, but Tkachuk claims that they have already localized 60% of production and developed their own video transmitters on Russian chips and boards. The new model of drone is already purchased by the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The Drone "Ghost" from the Ural Design Bureau is compared with Piranha, also a Russian drone, represented in March 2024.
Piranha is produced by the Siberian Design Bureau from Ulyanovskaya. Following the statement that Piranya destroyed the American Abrams tank, the manufacturers of "Upy" also claimed that their drone did the same. Olga Korchagina, who nominally owns a large proportion of Piranha SKB, is a "drop" - a false person to whom the company is registered. The company promotes drone through the media and its Telegram account, but it is unknown which details are collected "Piranha" and who supplies them.
Some Russian companies in the pursuit of the Defense Ministry are trying to simply hang a new brand on someone else's development. Yes, Astracom presented the drone Patriot K30T on PMF-2023, although it is a distributor of Chinese drones Autel EVO. Patriot K30T is very similar to Evo II Pro V3, and it even has a separate site that positions it as a means of exploration and public safety.