The State Duma adopted in the first reading a government bill providing for the introduction of accounting identification marks, which will be required to be applied to unmanned civil aircraft.

Starting next year, the unmanned aircraft will begin parachuting mail and medical supplies weighing up to 200 kilograms in such remote regions as Kamchatka and the Komi Republic.

The UAE-based company ADASI, a subdivision of EDGE, has designed and developed the QX-4, a new generation of UAV loitering munitions able to carry up to two precision-guided bombs. The drone was unveiled during IDEX 2021, International Land Defense Exhibition that was held in Abu Dhabi, February 2021.

Stealth drone "Valkyrie" has passed the next stage of testing. It is reported that an inconspicuous American drone during the sixth test flight carried out a launch from its own board of a small drone located in its internal compartment. We are talking about a compartment designed for weapons.

On April 13, the first domestic unmanned aerial system with a hybrid powerplant, the ZALA 421 - 16E5G, was presented.

Brazilian agricultural and industrial drone company XMobots has received permission from Brazil's national civil aviation agents ANAC to fly BVLOS (beyond the line of sight) up to 30 km and above 120 meters for the new Echar 20D series drone.

State tests of the KYB combat unmanned aerial vehicle developed by ZALA AERO (part of the Kalashnikov group of companies of the Rostec state corporation) will be completed in 2021. This was reported by the Kalashnikov press-service during the IDEX - 2021 international arms exhibition.

Tbilisi-based aviation plant TbilAviaMsheni (TAM) is developing Georgia’s first surveillance and strike unmanned aircraft system – the «T-31» drone project for various military missions.

Russia’s state arms seller Rosoboronexport demonstrated a new integrated counter-drone system at the IDEX 2021 international arms show that will run in the United Arab Emirates on February 21-25.