Russia Now Produces More Than 50 Types of Civilian Unmanned Vehicles
At a national exhibition on autonomous technologies, Russian officials said the country is already manufacturing more than 50 distinct types of civilian unmanned vehicles—spanning transport, logistics, agriculture, and public safety.
Russia is rapidly expanding its unmanned transport ecosystem. At a recent exhibition dedicated to autonomous technologies, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation reported that the country now produces more than 50 unique types of civilian autonomous vehicles, ranging from drones and delivery robots to driverless trucks and trains.
According to the ministry, the intensity of drone flights increased by 20 percent over the past year, driven in part by regulatory changes. Russia now operates a unified digital system for submitting flight plans and obtaining airspace permits. In 2025 alone, that system authorized more than 178,000 drone flights.
From Delivery Robots to Driverless Freight
A wide range of unmanned systems are already operating across the country. These include autonomous trains, last-mile delivery robots, heavy unmanned aerial vehicles, and self-driving freight trucks.
During a visit to the exhibition, Vladimir Putin was told that delivery robots developed by Yandex completed more than 850,000 deliveries in a single year.
Yandex plans to scale that fleet to 5,000 robots by the end of 2026. According to Transport Minister Andrey Nikitin, robot deliveries are already cheaper than traditional courier services. By 2027, Yandex alone expects to operate around 20,000 delivery robots, with other companies pursuing similar projects.
Russia’s latest autonomous trucks are controlled by AI drivers overseen by generative AI systems, with only a remote human operator monitoring performance. The vehicles communicate with road infrastructure using V2X technology, enabling real-time data exchange.
Autonomous freight trucks in Russia are being developed by Yandex and Navio. In parallel, the Evocargo electric truck is already used in retail and industrial logistics.
Heavy unmanned drones produced by Radar MMS can carry payloads of up to 100 kilograms and are used to deliver supplies to remote areas of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
Taken together, the exhibition highlights a shift from isolated pilots to scaled deployment. Drones, robots, and AI-driven vehicles are increasingly embedded in everyday economic activity—supported by regulation, infrastructure, and domestic manufacturing rather than experimentation alone.
