BANGALORE: India is developing an umanned aerial vehicle (UAV) similar to American Predator drones with an investment of Rs 1,500 crore and planning an unmanned combat vehicles, a key official involved in the project said today. UAV Rustom-2 project is spread over 66 months, Director of Bangalore-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO) laboratory, P S Krishnan, told PTI...
After successfully bagging a podium finish at the Student Unmanned Air Systems Competition in the US, this five-member student team from MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT) is now looking at developing an indigenous autopilot to guide their unmanned air vehicle (UAV) in future competitions. These students from the MSRIT’s department of mechanical engineering, who came third in autonomous...
Troops on ground in Jammu and Kashmir will soon have their own “eyes in the sky”. The Army is procuring 20 miniature unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to be deployed in the operationally sensitive Northern Command. These UAVs, sources said, would be used for general surveillance along the Line of Control as well as in certain volatile areas in the...
Britain and India have signed a deal to develop cutting edge technologies for Defence and Security. The MOD announced says that under the agreement, the two countries will pool their world class science and engineering expertise to work on projects such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, advanced explosives, and factors affecting human performance on the battlefield. It opens the way...
Indian Police are to start rolling out UAS to aid with jungle detection of terrorists reports the Times of India. The police have previously trialed the RQ-16 T Hawk. Honeywell had carried out live demonstration and trials for T-Hawk at the Counter-Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College in Kanker, Chattisgarh, in mid-April this year. Thereafter, a video demonstration of another...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) was reprimanded by the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General)for causing damage to an aerostat radar deployed along the Pakistan border to monitorlow-flying enemy aircraft resulting in a loss of Rs 302 crore. In its report tabled today in Parliament, the CAG said the accident took place in May 2009 due to “failure” of its...
Hand-launched unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will soon be deployed in Naxal-hit zones of the country to provide security forces a close range surveillance of the ground terrain. Initially, two ‘mini’ UAVs are proposed to be deployed in Chhattisgarh and a border-area of Jharkhand to gather ground information for security forces before they embark on anti-Naxal operations and launch planned...
India is planning to develop solar-powered unmanned flying machines with the capability of remaining airborne for at least a month in all weather conditions. “We are looking forward to develop solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a long range and endurance capability as we plan to diversify our expertise in UAV technology,” DRDO spokesperson Ravi Gupta told PTI here....
Bangalore, Aug 18 Public sector defence lab, National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) today said it is seeking private partners to sell Micro-Aerial Vehicles (MAVs). “We want private partnerships for many of our projects. In fact we haven”t got any private partner to commercialise Hansa, a light passenger aircraft,” NAL Director A R Upadhya told reporters here. “Nevertheless, the Mahindra Group has...
In the past decade, Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) have emerged as significant thrust area for research and development focus by the aerospace community. These vehicles offer clear advantages in terms of reduced weight, unusual shape and increased mission performance. The MAV will be an inevitable part of battlefield in the near future and many countries are presently evolving concept...
