The DRL-27SE is the dispatch and air-traffic-control radar module in Russia's RSP-28ME mobile radar landing system, used to support aircraft movement and approach control around operational airfields. Open-source loss records and Ukrainian defense reporting identify a DRL-27SE module at Belbek air base in occupied Crimea as damaged during a Ukrainian drone strike in May 2026.
Russian forces had a DRL-27SE module in an RSP-28ME landing-radar complex at Belbek air base in occupied Crimea; WarSpotting records the module damaged on 2026-05-17, while Oryx lists it as destroyed and Ukrainian defense reporting describes drone damage to the same module.
Role detailsThe DRL-27SE is documented as one module within the RSP-28ME mobile radar landing system rather than a standalone strike or air-defense weapon. Russian product descriptions list it alongside PRL-27SE or PRL-27SM landing-radar modules, an automatic radio direction finder, the RSP-28ME control module, and a diesel power station.
Airfield dispatch and near-zone air-traffic-control radar for the RSP-28ME complex.
Technical-reference material describes the DRL module family using primary radar plus RBS and ES GRLO secondary-radar channels.
Open-source records place a damaged DRL-27SE module at Belbek air base after a Ukrainian drone strike in May 2026.
