The unmanned aerial vehicle technologies and artificial intelligence as the most important factors in ensuring the Russian economy competitiveness and implementing a strategy of technological leadership

Aleksandr Kiselev; Roman Kolesov

doi:10.52957/2782-1927-2026-7-1-93-102

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THE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS IN ENSURING THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY COMPETITIVENESS AND IMPLEMENTING A STRATEGY OF TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP The unmanned aerial vehicle technologies and artificial intelligence as the most important factors in ensuring the Russian economy competitiveness and implementing a strategy of technological leadership

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Published in JOURNAL OF REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS · Pages 93–102 · Rubric: OPEN DISCUSSION

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52957/2782-1927-2026-7-1-93-102

Received: 25.12.2025 Accepted: 14.02.2026 Published: 30.03.2026

Authors

Aleksandr Kiselev

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Roman Kolesov

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Aleksandr Kiselev

Academic degree: candidate of pedagogical sciences

Science rang: professor

Yaroslavl State Technical University

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Roman Kolesov

Academic degree: candidate of economic sciences

Science rang: docent

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Yaroslavl Branch Russian Federation · Yaroslavl

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ABSTRACT

The modern economy implies the introduction of modern technologies for its development. They ensure the predictive economic development and competitiveness. The introduction of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into the Russian economy provides its competitiveness. Currently, many countries have realised the need to introduce UAV technologies into the economy to change its functioning in new conditions radically and increase the competitiveness of organisations. The scientific and technical integration of UAV and AI technologies has the prominent prospects for improving the efficiency of the Russian economy and ensuring its competitiveness in the global economic environment. The purpose of the research is to study the prospects and problems of introducing UAV and AI technologies into the domestic economy in terms of their implementation in the long-term technological leadership strategy. The basic research methods are the study of UAVs scientific development, foreign experience, UAVs in a special military operation (SVO), and the extrapolation of these knowledge into the Russian economy. The research reveals the prospects and problems of introducing UAV and AI technologies in all spheres of the Russian economy. Those ensure the competitiveness of domestic organisations, identify the main problems and possible solutions in the Russian economy, and transit it into a multipolar model of the world.

KEYWORDS

UAV and AI technologies in the economy; digital economy; competitiveness of the Russian economy; technological leadership; legislative framework of UAV and AI

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Kiselev A. A., Kolesov R. V. The unmanned aerial vehicle technologies and artificial intelligence as the most important factors in ensuring the Russian economy competitiveness and implementing a strategy of technological leadership // . 2026. pp. 93-102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52957/2782-1927-2026-7-1-93-102. (Date of access 19.08.2026).

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Aleksandr Kiselev, Kolesov R. V.. "The unmanned aerial vehicle technologies and artificial intelligence as the most important factors in ensuring the Russian economy competitiveness and implementing a strategy of technological leadership." (2026): 93-102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52957/2782-1927-2026-7-1-93-102.

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Kiselev A. A., Kolesov R. V. (2026). The unmanned aerial vehicle technologies and artificial intelligence as the most important factors in ensuring the Russian economy competitiveness and implementing a strategy of technological leadership. , 93-102. https://doi.org/10.52957/2782-1927-2026-7-1-93-102

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Aleksandr Kiselev, Kolesov R. V.. "The unmanned aerial vehicle technologies and artificial intelligence as the most important factors in ensuring the Russian economy competitiveness and implementing a strategy of technological leadership." , no. (2026): 93-102. https://doi.org/10.52957/2782-1927-2026-7-1-93-102.

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