page_title: Lavochkin La-17
section_title: La-17R
hierarchical_section_title: Lavochkin La-17 / La-17R
caption_attribution_description: English: Lavochkin La-17R UAV at Khodynka Field, MoscowРусский: БПЛА Ла-17Р на Ходынском поле в Москве
context_page_description: The Lavochkin La-17 was the first Soviet unmanned aerial vehicle to reach operational service. The first versions were developed in the early 1950s, and remained in service into the 1980s.
context_section_description: Early on, development work was initiated to use the ramjet-powered La-17 as the basis for an air-launched reconnaissance drone, but because of the model's deficiencies, it did not happen. However, a ground-launched battlefield reconnaissance drone based on the La-17MM, the La-17R, was introduced in 1962. It featured a nose stretched by 54 cm (22 in) to accommodate a reconnaissance payload. Ultimately a number of different payloads were developed, including high resolution or wide area film cameras, a real-time TV camera, and a radiation monitoring instrument. The La-17R did not have the wingtip compressed air pods for high altitude operation. An improved version of the La-17R, the La-17RM, was introduced in 1965, featuring some of the refinements of the La-17MM target drone.
caption: Lavochkin La-17R UAV at Khodynka Field, Moscow
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