Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov inspects new Centre of Advanced Unmanned Technologies of Russian Defence Ministry
11.10.2024
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov inspected the work of the Russian Ministry of Defence's new Centre of Advanced Unmanned Technologies and held a meeting to discuss systemic development of unmanned systems. The Rubikon Centre has been established by an order of the Defence Minister in August 2024 at one of the UAV units.
The head of the defence department was briefed on the work of the Centre's detachments in combat zones, including in Donestk, Belgorod, and Kursk directions. The Centre's teams have already destroyed more than 400 units of AFU weaponry and equipment, and defeated some 800 area targets. UAVs with AI-equipped controls are one round-the-clock combat missions. Targets detected by the reconnaissance drones are quickly relayed to the command post for a UAV strike.
In order to perform combat tasks, the Centre's combat detachments are manned by engineers, technicians, signalmen, logistics personnel, military medics, reconnaissance and analytics teams, enabling the combat use to be carried out with high efficiency.
One of the key areas of the Centre's work is the training of highly qualified UAV instructors from operational formations and military units, as well as drone pilots operating as separate teams and in groups.
The Centre also develops, validates, and researches advanced robotic systems, and introduces them into the troops, and provides training for robotic system operators. The Centre's staff study the effects of operating conditions for UAV pilots, including FPV drone pilots, and help to develop acceptable equipment specifications to minimise the impact on personnel's health.
The Centre's specialists interact with representatives of the People's Defence Industry, test and apply its developments, and conduct research into artificial intelligence and its applications in robotic systems.
At the command post, the Minister of Defence had a look at the work of the Centre's operators. He also saw the work of the analytics group that synthesises information on the use of systems and tools, analyses data on the report footage, and develops proposals to improve the systems' application. The combat experience gained is used in training the operators of unmanned aerial vehicles and other robotic systems.
At the end of the visit, Andrei Belousov held a meeting to discuss the systematic development of Russian unmanned technologies and the further development of the Rubikon Centre itself. Orders have been issued to form and equip five additional units to perform tasks within each of the groups of forces operating in the special military operation, as well as to ensure that specialists of combat teams and support units are trained as quickly as possible.
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