The Kronstadt company began work on a state contract for the development of a draft design of the Grom multipurpose high-speed unmanned aerial vehicle. This was reported in the press service of the enterprise at the last Army-2022 forum.

“We already have concluded state contracts for the development of a preliminary design, we are working in this direction,” Kronstadt said in response to a question about the stage at which work on Thunder is.

Thunder was first shown at the Army-2020 forum, it is designed to work as a wingman in the advanced attack echelon in cooperation with manned aircraft. The robot is capable of provoking military and object air defense complexes, and after they begin to actively search for it, destroy them with their strike means. It can also fight surface ships and coastal infrastructure. In one option, it will be capable of carrying Kh-38 air-to-surface guided missiles.

Also, "Thunder" is one system with reusable high-speed group-use drones "Lightning", it is able to control a swarm of 10 such devices. At the same time, as noted in the company, "Lightning" will "communicate" with each other and with the carrier drone. It is possible to change tasks for each member of the "flock", the transfer of leadership roles, interchangeability and the performance of tasks by a group without constant communication with the carrier aircraft - thanks to artificial intelligence.

JSC "Kronstadt" is an enterprise of a full production cycle for the creation of drones from their design to testing and certification. The enterprise has developed UAVs "Orion-E", "Sirius" and a number of others.

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