Tomsk State University and the Tomsk region's Scientific and Production Centre for Unmanned Aircraft Systems are set to sign a deal to transfer drone production technology to an Indian partner, the university's rector, Eduard Galazhinsky, told the Industry Code conference in Tomsk on 11 November, as reported by TASS.
According to Galazhinsky, the Indian side would pay for the technology and the factory, while the two Russian organisations would supply a full set of technical solutions and receive royalties on sales. He said the deal would give the Indian partner its own production line instead of being an export deal.
The Indian partner has not been named. The type of drones, whether they are for military or civil use and the size of the investment have not been given either.
The Tomsk centre opened in February 2025 with federal and regional funding. It has designed a 50 kW engine for drones and produced a small run of heavy drones weighing up to 200 kg.
Background
Scientific and Production Centre for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Drone production centre
A centre in Russia's Tomsk region that can design, prototype, produce and flight test drones.
