Viktor Litovkin: the new Russian drone may become an “unpleasant surprise” for the United States 
an unpleasant surprise “for the United States from Russia in an interview with PolitRussia. According to him, it could be a new Russian unmanned aerial vehicle with drop wings.
“Based on the information that is already available, we can assume that we are getting a real unmanned transformer rocket,” the expert said. In his opinion, it will work at subsonic speeds, but at the same time it will have the ability to change flight variations.
Litovkin explained that the development will be able to perform the functions of a reconnaissance drone and a homing missile. When flying at extremely low altitudes along a pre-laid route, the device will scan the space under and in front of it. And after finding the desired object, it will throw off its wings and rush in its direction like a rocket.
“If everything goes well, and this ammunition is put into service, it can become an unpleasant surprise for all potential enemies of our country, up to to the USA, ”Litovkin noted. At the same time, he stressed that it is difficult to draw any specific conclusions about the development until it is presented.
Russian Federal Nuclear Center – All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics named after V.I. Academician EI Zababakhina developed and patented an unmanned aerial vehicle with drop wings, which is characterized by increased maneuverability. The aircraft will be able to bend around surfaces at an extremely low speed, for this it has additional wings that are inside the drone. In the process of completing a combat mission, they are put forward and fixed. The engine is located in the tail section, in the nose section – the controlled forward vertical tail.