Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation spoke about investments in the ABC industry

The development of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry in Russia is supported by investments amounting to "many tens of billions" of rubles. This was announced on January 23 by Dmitry Peskov, special representative of the Russian president for digital and technological development, during a meeting of the supervisory board of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, which was chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"On drones, a number of large structures have believed [in this direction], started to invest very seriously. Investments made by the Moscow government and Sber, the Efko group of companies and GTLK - today it is already cumulatively many tens of billions of rubles that have gone in this direction," he said.

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On the eve of the People's Front representative and developer Alexander Gryaznov reported that the first 3,000 Mikrob kamikaze drones with artificial intelligence were delivered to the Special Military Operation (SMO) zone. Gryaznov also emphasized that the drone can develop high speeds and withstand significant overloads.

Earlier, on January 16, the Russian Ministry of Finance reported that as of January 1, Russia's federal budget expenditures amounted to 99.6% of the plan. It was specified that the project "Unmanned Aviation Systems" was executed at 97.4%.