The meeting of the joint Scientific and Technical Council of the International Research Institute for Advanced Systems - Institute for Economic Strategies took place. The meeting was opened by A.I. Ageev, the Director of the Institute for Economic Strategies (Russian Academy of Sciences), Professor, Dr.sc.oec., and V.A. Oleynikov, D.Sc. in engineering, the Director of the Aviation Development Prospects Centre of the International Research Institute for Advanced Systems. V.B. Sychev, the Director General of LLC KAMA, delivered the report dedicated to development of the project of the VTOL UAV. The discussion was supported by the members of the Scientific and Technical Council, external professionals of interested authorities and institutions. A.G. Shapovalyants, the Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council, came out with final speech. The meeting considered the development trends of the vertical takeoff and landing UAV. Moreover, the information regarding the project was presented as such, and the results obtained were demonstrated, including inter alia the full-scale model of the UAV VTOL.