The Kronstadt company will equip Orion drones with a satellite communication system, which it will offer to other drone manufacturers as a component. This was announced to TASS by the general director of Kronshtadt JSC Sergey Bogatikov on the eve of the Dubai Airshow 2021 international air show, which will be held from November 14 to 18 in the United Arab Emirates, TASS reports.

"Work on the creation of Orion-E with a satellite communication system is being carried out in cooperation with domestic developers. In 2022, it is expected to receive the letter "O" (assigned at the stage of adjusting design documentation based on the results of manufacturing and preliminary tests of a pilot batch) for a complex with a satellite communication channel," he said.