InformNapalm Identifies Manufacturers of Russia’s Mangas Heavy Bomber Drone

InformNapalm has identified the companies and individuals involved in producing Russia’s Mangas heavy bomber drone and traced its links to the developers of the Kurier UGV.

This is stated in an InformNapalm investigation in which the authors tracked the drone’s history from the launch of production in Buryatia to the registration of a separate company in Moscow.

Analysts date the first publicly documented mention of the Mangas to September 2025. At the time, the Baikal Tactical Group, together with the developers of the Kurier UGV, announced the launch of heavy hexacopter production in Buryatia for Russian forces.

On January 22, 2026, the company MANGAS LLC was registered in Moscow, with Russian Z-blogger Chingis Dambiev as its sole founder and CEO. InformNapalm traces the project’s links to the developers of the Kurier UGV through him.

Two days after the company was registered, Dambiev filed a utility model application for a hexacopter with a universal battery placement system. It was registered in March under number RU242404U1, with Dambiev listed as the inventor and original rights holder.

InformNapalm also identified a corporate link to the developers of the Kurier UGV. MANGAS LLC and KAPS NRTK LLC, owned by Zorikto Gombozhapov, are registered at the same building in Moscow, while the relevant Telegram channel describes itself as the official channel of the developers of both systems.

The Mangas is a heavy, reusable hexacopter that Russian forces use as a tactical bomber and for logistics missions. Militarnyi previously reported that it was developed in response to Ukraine’s Vampire heavy strike drones, which Russian military personnel often refer to as “Baba Yaga.”

The drone features a hexarotor configuration, runs on a battery pack, and is equipped with an autopilot. The Russian side also claims that it has protection against jamming.

The Mangas has a stated maximum flight range of up to 50 km with a minimal payload. For nighttime operations, the drone can be equipped with a thermal imaging camera.

Open-source footage has shown the Mangas being used with a payload release system and a mock-up of a TM-62 anti-tank mine. The developers have also demonstrated the platform being used to deliver supplies and for other logistics tasks.

At the beginning of 2026, Dambiev claimed that Mangas drones had already completed more than 500 combat sorties, although this figure has not been independently verified. At the same time, available open-source data does not currently indicate the widespread adoption of this type of drone by Russian forces.

On September 18, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed the Mangas in combat use for the first time by personnel of the 11th Army Corps of the Sever Group. However, the origin of the drone’s motors, controllers, autopilot, and other electronics remains unknown.