{"id":5380,"date":"2026-01-28T20:28:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/?p=5380"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:30:25","slug":"etiopia-revela-nova-aquisicao-de-drones-russos-enethiopia-unveils-newly-acquired-russian-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/2026\/01\/28\/etiopia-revela-nova-aquisicao-de-drones-russos-enethiopia-unveils-newly-acquired-russian-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia unveils newly acquired Russian drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/697892ee85f54011b00a9b16.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/697892ee85f54011b00a9b16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via:RT Press<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEthiopia has officially confirmed the purchase of Russian Orion-E medium-altitude long-endurance drones, becoming the first foreign operator of the system, the Ethiopian Institute of Foreign Affairs has reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Orion-E unmanned aerial vehicles were showcased at Aviation Expo 2026, an international exhibition held from January 23 to 27 as part of the Ethiopian Air Force\u2019s 90th anniversary celebrations in Bishoftu.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Russian aerospace manufacturer Kronstadt Group, the Orion-E has an endurance of about 24 hours and an operational radius exceeding 300km, with a cruising speed of 120km\/h and a payload of up to 200kg. The drones are built to carry out target designation for armed forces units, aerial and radar reconnaissance missions, terrain surveillance, and assessment of strike results.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia has previously acquired medium-range drones such as Turkey\u2019s Bayraktar TB2, which helped establish unmanned aerial units within its air force.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/africa\/631580-ethiopia-unveils-russian-drones\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via:RT Press \u201cEthiopia has officially confirmed the purchase of Russian Orion-E medium-altitude long-endurance drones, becoming the first foreign operator of the system, the Ethiopian Institute of Foreign Affairs has reported. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/2026\/01\/28\/etiopia-revela-nova-aquisicao-de-drones-russos-enethiopia-unveils-newly-acquired-russian-drones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ethiopia unveils newly acquired Russian drones<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.10.7","language":"en","enabled_languages":["br","en"],"languages":{"br":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5380"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5385,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380\/revisions\/5385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/cebrafrica\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}