Russia to complete development of Altius UAV within a year Posted on May 8, 2018 by alert5 Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov told Zvezda TV that work on the Altius unmanned air vehicle will be completed within a year. Photo: Russia Ministry of Defense The drone is designed for strike missions and has a payload of two tons. Related posts (Automatically Generated): GE, Rolls-Royce to finish F136 development using own funds Development of S-500 pushed back by 2 years Pakistan has completed development of Hatf-IX SRBM A-Darter development about to complete France proposing to complete development of Kaveri as part of Rafale offset requirements China and Russia in joint development of UAV that launches from BM-30 MLRS