MTS has unveiled a new aeromobile complex. The system is built on the basis of a car, a drone, and a Russian base station. The complex is capable of providing communication to remote areas, mass event locations, and emergency zones. The development was showcased at the CIPR-2026 forum in Nizhny Novgorod.
The system is based on a GAZ Sobol NN 4x4 vehicle and a tethered hexacopter. The drone lifts a radio module with an antenna, connected to a Russian LTE/5G base station manufactured by IRTEYA, into the air.
In addition, the system can be used to create private technological LTE/5G networks at production sites in hard-to-reach areas. The complex takes up to 30 minutes to launch.
The tethered drone can operate continuously for up to three days at an altitude of up to 200 meters. At the same time, the system is capable of providing coverage within a radius of 10–15 kilometers regardless of the terrain.
During testing, the equipment provided data transfer speeds in the 5G network of up to 1.2 Gbps. Connection to the main network can be either via a satellite channel or a fiber-optic communication line.
MTS CEO Inessa Galaktionova stated that by early 2028, the company plans to create several dozen such complexes and send them to regions where businesses and authorities need to quickly establish communication in remote areas.
