DRDO’S PILOT EJECTION SYSTEM IN PRIVATE HANDS

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DRDO’S PILOT EJECTION SYSTEM IN PRIVATE HANDS

Pune Mirror | Jan 24, 2017, 02.30 AM IST
Gulf Oil Corporation and Premier Explosives to supply CSS

The Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), who have developed the Canopy Severance System (CSS) for smooth ejection of a pilot in case of an emergency with a military aircraft, transferred the technology to two Hyderabad-based private firms this week.

The CSS provided smooth passage by preweakening the cockpit canopy in the shortest possible time and has been supplied by the DRDO so far. Presently, the system has been integrated on 15 Tejas, 12 HJT-36, 2 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) trainer and naval versions and the first HTT-40 aircraft.

“This system cuts the canopy in a matter of 10 to 20 milliseconds and is the fastest of its kind. Other systems used for this purpose are likely to affect the pilot’s neck and knee since they either throw out the canopy (jettison) or use fragilisation, where the canopy is broken to pieces,” explained Kashinath Deodhar, divisional head of the project at ARDE.

Dr K M Rajan, scientist and director, ARDE, and KPS Murthy, scientist and director, HEMRL, signed the deal on January 20 with senior representatives of Gulf Oil Corporation and Premier Explosives for the production of the DRDO-developed CSS. These firms will be now supplying eight sets each in the first phase, after fulfilling all the set qualification and functional tests applicable for air borne systems.

The CSS for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has been designed by the DRDO as two separate sub systems and two such indigenous LCAs have been inducted into the Indian Air Force on July 1, 2016, and will feature prominently in the force’s combat plan next year, the IAF has said.

“The CSS can be called the fastest ejection system available right now. It was tested successfully in seat ejection trials at London and Moscow,” said Deodhar.
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