 Russia's Kalashnikov company begins mass production of drones for use in Ukraine. The Kalashnikov Firearms Manufacturer has set up a drone manufacturing unit and is expanding output several-fold Kalashnikov group President Alan Lushnikov said. We have set up a division of unmanned aerial vehicles. We have consolidated all of our capacities on their development and production and are expanding output several-fold, he said. The new unit will embrace ground-based drone launch and control capabilities and all that is necessary for the effective operation of unmanned aerial vehicles, he said. The Kalashnikov group produces tactical-level drones, he told. According to him, the Kalashnikov group is carrying out work to create a new loitering munition based on the experience of using the Landsat Kamikaze drone in combat operations. We are working in this direction and I can't disclose details. Our approach is that we must constantly improve our product. We simply can't work otherwise, Lushnikov said to Tass replying to a question about whether a new loitering munition was being created considering the experience of employing the Landsat Kamikaze drone in the area of the special military operation in Ukraine. The Landsat drone manufactured by Zala Aero, part of the Kalashnikov group is outfitted with several targeting systems based on coordinates, optoelectronics and combined technology. The drone is furnished with a television communication channel to transmit images of targets and confirm their successful destruction. The drone can strike targets within a range of 40 kilometers. Drones, which in an early form were used by the United States in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, have become a major tool for the military of every major power, collecting intelligence as well as destroying targets.