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S-70 Okhotnik

A heavy uncrewed combat-aircraft development programme. Recovery of a crashed aircraft in October 2024 demonstrates a real airframe but does not establish a fully operational fleet.

Role & capabilities

  • Collaborative aircraft
Development / trialsDevelopment / trials
Primary domain
Air
System type
Collaborative aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Sukhoi / United Aircraft Corporation
Origin / production countries
Russia
Other names
Okhotnik-B; Hunter
Variants / configurations
Development airframes; production standard not verified
Operators / programme customers
Russian development/test programme

Evidence & current status

Prototype/development evidence and a recovered airframe. Earlier production forecasts do not establish a delivered operational fleet.

Role & programme

A heavy uncrewed combat-aircraft development programme. Recovery of a crashed aircraft in October 2024 demonstrates a real airframe but does not establish a fully operational fleet.

Rostec previously forecast serial production in 2023. That forecast is recorded as a historical plan, not retrospectively assumed to have happened. GUR’s examination of a crashed S-70 supplies a different kind of evidence: an actual airframe. Public claims about intended teaming and eventual mission equipment remain separate from demonstrated operational acceptance.

Sourced specifications

Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.

SpecificationReported valueContext & source
AirframeHeavy flying-wing uncrewed combat aircraftPublished supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗
Launch / recoveryNot established from the reviewed sources.Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗
PropulsionJet propulsion; full production configuration not establishedPublished supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗
DimensionsNot established from the reviewed sources.Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗
MassNot established from the reviewed sources.Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗
EnduranceNot established from the reviewed sources.Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗
RangeNot established from the reviewed sources.Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗
SpeedNot established from the reviewed sources.Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗
AltitudeNot established from the reviewed sources.Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗
PayloadNot established from the reviewed sources.Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗
SensorsNot established from the reviewed sources.Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗
Communications / navigationNot established from the reviewed sources.Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗

Documented milestones

  1. Aircraft loss documented

    Date identified by GUR in its subsequent recovered-airframe examination.

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Publication history

  • — Expanded catalogue profile with sourced specifications, variant distinctions, programme evidence and explicit public data gaps.

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Follow the evidence

Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.

  1. GUR examination of recovered S-70 (opens in a new tab)Government intelligence assessment — Ukraine
  2. Rostec historical production forecast (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source

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