Albatross

Albatross (Russian: «Альбатрос», legal entity ООО «Альбатрос») is a Russian developer and manufacturer of professional unmanned aerial systems (UAVs, or БПЛА/БВС in Russian terminology) and a provider of aerial-survey and video-monitoring services. According to the company's own website, it was founded in 2017 by a group of professionals in the unmanned aviation field who brought extensive experience in developing and deploying robotic systems. The company designs and produces its own airframes and intelligent aviation systems under the Albatross brand, and also develops the software stack that supports the full mission cycle — from flight execution through processing of imagery and video. Albatross organizes its product catalogue around two airframe families: fixed-wing (airplane-type) UAVs and multirotor UAVs, complemented by payloads, components and software. Its publicly listed products include the Albatross D1 industrial quadcopter with flight time of up to 60 minutes; the Albatross D5, a multirotor used for delivering special cargo to work sites and for video monitoring with an optical tracking system; and the Albatross M5, a fixed-wing UAV for photo and video capture with flight time of up to 4.5 hours. An agricultural variant, the Albatross M5 Agro, has also been referenced in company news. Beyond hardware, Albatross operates a services business. It performs aerial photography, produces orthophotomaps, digital terrain models and NDVI vegetation-index maps, conducts thermal-imaging surveys and aerial wildlife counts, and offers video monitoring. These services and platforms are marketed to agriculture, forestry, the oil and gas sector, construction, electric power, transport infrastructure, nature conservation, waterway management, quarry surveying and 3D city modelling. The company also lists separate lines of work in neural-network-based data analysis and in counter-UAV airspace protection systems. Albatross is a private Russian company. Its website states that in 2023 it became a resident of a special economic zone (the specific zone is not named in the supplied evidence). The company has also been publicly associated with defense applications: its news page reports that the Albatross M5 fixed-wing UAV was among more than 5,000 drones delivered to Russian military units in the Special Military Operation zone in 2025 through the People's Front with support from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and that a kamikaze drone, the Albatross-U, was first shown at the Drone Expo 2026 exhibition while being tested in the SMO zone. Wikidata classifies the entity simply as a Russian defense industry company. The company's own positioning, however, remains centred on "drones for professionals" — industrial and civil applications supported by in-house manufacturing, qualified staff and a full solutions-and-services platform.

Albatross (ООО «Альбатрос») was founded in 2017 by a group of professionals in the unmanned aerial vehicle field, drawing on extensive experience in the development and deployment of robotic systems, according to the company's own account. From the outset the company combined two activities: manufacturing its own UAVs and intelligent aviation systems under the Albatross brand, and delivering aerial-survey and monitoring services using those aircraft. The company built out a product catalogue spanning fixed-wing (airplane-type) and multirotor UAVs, together with payloads, components and software. Its named platforms include the Albatross D1 industrial quadcopter with up to 60 minutes of flight time, the Albatross D5 multirotor for delivering special cargo to work sites and for video monitoring with an optical tracking system, and the Albatross M5 fixed-wing UAV for photo and video capture with up to 4.5 hours of flight time. An agricultural configuration, the Albatross M5 Agro, also appears in company communications. Alongside hardware, Albatross developed a services and solutions platform. It offers aerial photography, orthophotomaps, digital terrain models, NDVI vegetation-index maps, thermal-imaging surveys and aerial wildlife counts, and it markets these capabilities to agriculture, forestry, oil and gas, construction, electric power, transport infrastructure, nature conservation, waterway management, quarry surveying and 3D city modelling. The company also states that it develops software covering the entire task cycle, from flight execution to the processing of imagery and video, and it lists neural-network-based data analysis and counter-UAV airspace protection devices as separate lines of work. In 2023 the company became a resident of a special economic zone, according to its website (the specific zone is not identified in the available evidence). The company's news archive, which runs from 2017 onward, records a growing range of projects and applications, including a large-scale forest-fire monitoring project in Moscow Oblast. More recently, Albatross has been publicly linked to defense applications. Its news page reports that in 2025 the People's Front, with support from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, delivered more than 5,000 drones to Russian military units in the Special Military Operation zone, including Albatross M5 fixed-wing UAVs. At the Drone Expo 2026 exhibition the company presented the Albatross-U kamikaze drone, described as being tested in the SMO zone. Wikidata characterizes the entity as a Russian defense industry company. The company continues to present itself primarily as a producer of drones for professionals across industrial and civil sectors.

• 2026

  Albatross-U kamikaze drone presented for the first time at the Drone Expo 2026 exhibition.

• 2025

  More than 5,000 drones, including Albatross M5 fixed-wing UAVs, delivered to Russian military units in the SMO zone via the People's Front with support from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

• 2023

  Company becomes a resident of a special economic zone (zone not specified in available evidence).

• 2017

  ООО «Альбатрос» founded by a group of UAV professionals.

Producer of drones for professionals, offering in-house-developed UAVs plus a full platform of aerial-survey services, software and data-analysis solutions for industrial and civil applications.

• Albatross D1

  Industrial quadcopter with flight time of up to 60 minutes.

• Albatross D5

  Multirotor for delivering special cargo to work sites and for video monitoring with an optical tracking system.

• Albatross M5

  Fixed-wing UAV for photo and video capture with flight time of up to 4.5 hours.

• Albatross M5 Agro

  Agricultural variant of the M5 referenced in company news.

• Albatross-U

  Kamikaze drone first shown at Drone Expo 2026, described as being tested in the SMO zone.

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3. 3Закажите услуги с применением БПЛА (БВС)alb.aero
4. 4Новостиalb.aero
5. 5Albatrosswikidata.org