{"id":20750,"date":"2019-09-10T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/10\/will-russia-replace-orlan-orbits-with-feniks-flocks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:10:12","slug":"will-russia-replace-orlan-orbits-with-feniks-flocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2019\/09\/10\/will-russia-replace-orlan-orbits-with-feniks-flocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Russia replace Orlan orbits with Feniks Flocks?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Orlan-10 drone is hardly an old system. Developed in the early 2010s, with entry into service in 2015, the Orlan-10 is the workhouse small drone of Russia\u2019s military. While four years is far from a long service history for a vehicle, it\u2019s practically two generations in the commercial drone world. Which is likely why the St. Petersburg-based Technologies of Automation and Programming (TAIP) is trying to sell the Ministry of Defense on its new Feniks drone as an Orlan alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feniks was on display at the MAKS 2019 International Aviation &amp; Space exposition outside of Moscow, with the goal of convincing military buyers to consider the Feniks as a replacement for existing Orlan-10 drones. That\u2019s a hard proposition in the best of times, though TAIP is promoting its drones using two key features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you look at the center section carefully, you\u2019ll see the new additional moving elements that help to control the drone if the wing-flap system fails,\u201d Andrey Soleyev, director of UAV division, <a href=\"http:\/\/mil.today\/2019\/Industry5\/\" target=\"_blank\">told Mil.Press<\/a> at the exposition. Soleyev was describing a control system that created a sort of back-up for the ailerons and flaps on the Fenik\u2019s wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides a redundant control system, the Feniks boast a greater payload capacity than the Orlan-10, carrying roughly six more pounds. (This is offset somewhat by the Orlan\u2019s included ISR package, though it likely matters in terms of battlefield resupply, where every pound of ammunition or bandages matters.) A heavier capacity payload would also allow the drone to be used as an ultralight bomber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the Feniks has an engine designed to run on both gasoline and kerosene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the major developments in the Russian UAV industry is the \u2018hybridization\u2019 of the drone engines &#8211; to ensure either quiet operation (electric\/gasoline hybrids) or variable performance levels in range (gasoline\/kerosene hybrids),\u201d said Samuel Bendett, an adviser at the Center for Naval Analyses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That flexibility is a compelling argument for an upgrade, though the scale of the replacement is vast. Of the 2,100 or so drones in Russian service, Bendett estimates that Orlan-10s account for at least 1,000. This workhorse nature, combined with its range of 75 miles, means the Orlan-10 has been used broadly in exercises and in action in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/congress\/2019\/02\/15\/its-a-cat-and-mouse-game-as-militaries-fight-the-big-threat-of-small-drones\/\" target=_blank>Syria and Ukraine<\/a>. The Ministry of Defense has experimented with Orlan-10s carrying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/newsletters\/unmanned-systems\/2018\/11\/16\/russian-drones-can-jam-cell-phones-60-miles-away\/\" target=_blank>cell phone jammers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat may determine if Feniks is eventually accepted into service is the extent to which it consists of domestically produced components,\u201d Bendett said. \u201cWe now know that its engines are domestic, but what about the rest? There is at least anecdotal evidence from Orlans down in Ukraine and Syria that they had imported components, including ISR technology. With the current MOD drive for import-substituted products, Feniks\u2019 \u2018domestication\u2019 \u2015 as well as potential cost \u2015 may determine when it could be accepted into service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Import substitution is increasingly part of Russian robotics, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/robotics\/2019\/08\/22\/russias-humanoid-robot-will-bring-jokes-to-space\/\" target=\"_blank\">FEDOR android<\/a> to the curious challenge of boasting of domestically produced drones with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/intel-geoint\/isr\/2018\/07\/16\/russia-announces-its-first-drones-equipped-with-lidar\/\" target=\"_blank\">LIDAR systems sourced from&#8230;elsewhere<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creating a domestic drone industry can a challenge, especially in light of a global drone parts market that keeps costs low, but the widespread adoption of the Orlan-10 suggests that there is a market for similar drones, if not the Feniks itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designers hope hot weather modifications, hybrid fuel sources, and redundant controls are enough to challenge a workhorse drone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":62398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":21,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[106,29,32,21],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3021],"class_list":["post-20750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-brief","category-home","category-newsletters","category-unmanned"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"GHRAPORYXBFKVILQPGCPW4W6EQ","arc_canonical_url":"\/unmanned\/2019\/09\/10\/will-russia-replace-orlan-orbits-with-feniks-flocks\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Will Russia replace Orlan orbits with Feniks Flocks? - C4ISRNet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Designers hope hot weather modifications, hybrid fuel sources, and redundant controls are enough to challenge a workhorse drone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2019\/09\/10\/will-russia-replace-orlan-orbits-with-feniks-flocks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will Russia replace Orlan orbits with Feniks Flocks?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Designers hope hot weather modifications, hybrid fuel sources, and redundant controls are enough to challenge a workhorse drone.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2019\/09\/10\/will-russia-replace-orlan-orbits-with-feniks-flocks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"C4ISRNet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-10T14:00:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T18:10:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kelsey D. 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