The Russian United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) presented the first 3D-printed reconnaissance drone that can be created in a single day at Innoprom exhibition-2016.
“Rostec presented the first Russian drone reconnaissance made by a 3D-printer, tiltrotor RHV-35, LADA Vesta on the gas engine, OP Sight 1x4 for civilian shooting products, satellite system ‘Aurora remote sensing ‘KAMAZ cabin, ‘Transformer’ and other products at the International Industrial Exhibition, Innoprom 2016,” the company said in a statement Monday.
Drones of this kind can be manufactured in a day’s time and the parts can be created in less than an hour, the statement added. The drones are meant to conduct reconnaissance and monitoring missions.