Chirok

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Chirok UAV at the MAKS Airshow 2015

The Chirok (Russian: чирок – "Teal") is a Russian hybrid amphibious UAV vehicle in development by United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation, a Rostec subsidiary.[1] The drone was presented in the Innoprom 2014 technology exhibition in Yekaterinburg for the first time.[citation needed] This machine is a hybridized and amphibious like UAV meaning it doesn't need an airfield for launching,[1] similar how helicopters work according to Aleksey Smirnov, the head of the unmanned aerial vehicles department at Radio-Technical Institute.[citation needed]

It is expected that at Moscow-hosted MAKS Air Show 2015 the UAV Chirok will be presented as an operational prototype. The production of this aircraft could start as early as in the year of 2016.[citation needed]

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