Russia to equip 290 landing sites for drone operations by 2030 — regulator

MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) plans to equip 290 landing sites for drone operations in all Russian regions by 2030, the agency’s deputy head Andrey Dobryakov said at the Eurasian Aerospace Congress.
According to his presentation, there are plans to create sites at 49 federal airfields and 241 owned by the Russian regions.
“We plan to create 290 such sites in all 89 constituent entities of the Russian Federation. We also plan to create 290 specialized regional flights for UAS (unmanned aircraft systems – TASS),” he said.
The agency also plans to place landing sites in 16 constituent entities of Russia in 2025. These include the federal cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as the regions of Kaluga, Smolensk, Novgorod, Arkhangelsk and Orenburg, the Republic of Tatarstan, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, the regions of Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and Chukotka Autonomous District.
Subsequently, the landing sites will be equipped with all the necessary infrastructure as part of the federal project “Development of infrastructure, ensuring security and the formation of a specialized UAS certification system.”
At the moment, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Samara and Tomsk regions are equipped with the sites necessary for the operation of UAS.
In addition to that, more than 30 airports in Russia will be equipped with an anti-drone system, Dobryakov added.
“We are planning, and we will definitely achieve this – 31 first-category airfields of both federal and regional significance will be equipped with protection against unauthorized impact of unmanned aircraft systems,” Dobryakov said.
According to his presentation, 20 first-category airfields owned by the federal government will be equipped with anti-drone systems in 2025-2028, and 11 regional airports will receive them in 2026-2028.
By 2030, it is planned to equip 290 facilities of the unified infrastructure of UAS control and monitoring lines with information security systems.