The Research and Production Center (NPTs) "Ushkuynik" has begun combat testing of the from-scratch uncrewed boats "Skorlupa." This was reported by the company’s CEO, Aleksei Chadaev.
According to him, several deployment scenarios were envisaged for the BEC at once, ranging from logistics to strike missions. "Ushkuynik" has established mass production of hulls for maritime drones of various types — kamikaze, drone carriers, floating targets, and cargo carriers.
Our maritime firstborn will have an unpretentious name — "Skorlupa." Recently, while meeting at the Admiralty with senior naval officials, I had to explain, among other things, "why so simple."
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov said that Russia has already established serial production of maritime uncrewed boats; they are constantly being modernized and refined.
NPTs "Ushkuynik" is known above all for producing the fiber-optic drone "Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky".