The Inokhodets reconnaissance and strike UAV (also known as the Orion-RU in some sources) is a Russian medium—class multipurpose drone that has been actively used since 2019 and improved by 2025.
The main technical characteristics of the "Pacer":
- Length: about 8 meters
- Wingspan: approximately 16 meters
- Take-off weight: about 1000-1200 kg
- Payload: up to 200-250 kg
- Cruising speed: about 180-200 km/h
- Maximum flight altitude: up to 7.5 km (7,500 meters)
- Flight duration: up to 24 hours
- Range: about 300 km (in versions with SATCOM and control room, it can reach 1000 km)
- Engine: reciprocating, with a two-bladed screw made of composite materials
- Retractable landing gear
The Pacer's armament is formed on three suspension units — two under the wings and one under the fuselage. The UAV can carry up to 3 combat containers (ammunition containers), including:
- Correctable aerial bombs KAB-20, KAB-50
- Guided gliding bombs (UPAB-50)
- Small–sized air-to-ground cruise missiles (for example, X-50)
- Kornet and Metis anti-tank guided missiles
- Ammunition weighing from 20 to 100 kg
The Pacer is designed to combine the functions of a reconnaissance and attack drone. The experience of its use has shown that it is able to effectively conduct reconnaissance and strike armored vehicles, artillery positions and mobile targets at a considerable distance, exceeding the range of the enemy's portable air defense systems.
It is also known that the Pacer has been used in combat on the territory of Syria and Ukraine, demonstrating high accuracy of destruction with a deviation from the target of less than 1 meter when using guided munitions.
Thus, the "Pacer" with containers of X-UAV missiles is a modern reconnaissance and strike complex capable of carrying guided missile and bomb weapons in three external containers for strikes against a variety of targets, combining long-term endurance and accuracy.
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