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The DRDO Rustom (lit: "Warrior") is a family of medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the three services, Indian Army, Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force, of the Indian Armed Forces. [4]
The Amaravati Drone Summit 2024 is an initiative aimed at establishing Andhra Pradesh as a hub for drone technology in India. Organized by the Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation in collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Drone Federation of India, the summit took place on October 22 and 23 at the CK Convention in Mangalagiri with over 6,900 participants, including industry ...
It was formally inducted into Indian army's corps of engineers on 19 December 2011. The Indian army placed a total order of 20 ROVs and 6 of them are now operational with army. Each unit cost about Rs. 9 million. [73] [74] DRDO is developing robotic soldiers and mules capable of carrying luggage up to 400 kg at high altitudes. [75]
They introduced the greneOS Defence platform, now known as DefOS, [6] an autonomous and unified defence system in 2021. It is an AI-powered Unified Autonomous Defense Operating System that delivers Autonomous Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Collaboration, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (C5ISRT), taking ...
The renewed international interest is believed to be led by India, which has requested access to the capability as a potential follow-on to the planned acquisition of as many as 20 GA-ASI MQ-9 UAVs, 10 each for its Army and Navy [25] and wants to acquire 100 Avenger drones for its Air Force at the cost of $8 billion. [26] [25]
The Tactical Airborne Platform for Aerial Surveillance Beyond Horizon-201 [2] or TAPAS BH-201(Sanskrit: तपस्; lit. Heat) (formerly referred to as Rustom-II until 2016 [3]) is a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) [4] unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) being developed in India by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) on the lines of General Atomics MQ-1 Predator.
Times Now news quoting DRDO scientists reports that this design ensures optimum fuel use and stability for the aircraft. [15] The Ghatak UCAV is projected to weigh less than a fighter jet and is intended to be powered by a 'dry engine' derivative of GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri turbofan engine capable of producing a thrust of 52 kN. [ 5 ]
In July 2013 during the 136th Jagannath Rath Yatra, Ahmedabad became the first Indian city to use UAVs for crowd management. [15] Three Netra UAVs were used in Uttarakhand by the NDRF for locating people during the 2013 North India floods. [21] [22] It was Netra's first deployment in a disaster rescue operation.