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CLGM is supposed to be laser guided. That means you need a laser designating target pod which is heavy. I really doubt if this is going to be a UCAV.
India test flies medium altitude, long endurance Rustom UAV
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Same feeling.... :emot154: The news say that DRDO has successfully tests UAV... My question is "Is this actually Rustom H? or some new design?" Bcoz the mock model they showed in the aero show'09 and whatever flown now is totally different....
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^^^^ The one tested is Rustom - 1(MALE) , Rustom H(HALE) is for High alttitude .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRDO_Rustom
some say that Rustom-1 is just tech demonstrator for more robust Rustom - H with 200 kg payload.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRDO_Rustom
some say that Rustom-1 is just tech demonstrator for more robust Rustom - H with 200 kg payload.
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Rustom - H will use Two Rotax 914 series engines
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India's UCAV project is called AURA (AUtonomous Research Aircraft) and most probably will be a flying wing design.
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:emot154:
http://tarmak007.blogspot.com/2010/10/rustom-1-was-dream-flight-says-drdo.html
India has flown the homegrown Rustom-1 unmanned aerial vehicle for the first time.
Developed by the Defense Research Development Organization's (DRDO) Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), the 30-min. flight took place Oct. 16 from a Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd. airfield at Housr, near Bangalore."Notwithstanding erratic weather conditions, the UAV had a perfect textbook flight, meeting all mission parameters," says Dr. Prahlada, chief controller at DRDO. "It had an autonomous taxiing, takeoff, flight and landing. It flew to a planned altitude of 3,000 feet." Rustom-1 was commanded from the ground control station by Lt. Col. V.S. Thapa, an Indian army UAV operator.
"It was a dream flight, and we couldn't have asked for more on its maiden outing," ADE Director P.S. Krishnan says. "The flight demonstration has given us the confidence to try different parameters next time."
http://tarmak007.blogspot.com/2010/10/rustom-1-was-dream-flight-says-drdo.html
India has flown the homegrown Rustom-1 unmanned aerial vehicle for the first time.
Developed by the Defense Research Development Organization's (DRDO) Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), the 30-min. flight took place Oct. 16 from a Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd. airfield at Housr, near Bangalore."Notwithstanding erratic weather conditions, the UAV had a perfect textbook flight, meeting all mission parameters," says Dr. Prahlada, chief controller at DRDO. "It had an autonomous taxiing, takeoff, flight and landing. It flew to a planned altitude of 3,000 feet." Rustom-1 was commanded from the ground control station by Lt. Col. V.S. Thapa, an Indian army UAV operator.
"It was a dream flight, and we couldn't have asked for more on its maiden outing," ADE Director P.S. Krishnan says. "The flight demonstration has given us the confidence to try different parameters next time."
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Success behind Successful Maiden flight of Rustom
ADE says work on R1-4 in full swing with identical configuration as R1-3
Indian defense scientists and engineers working with the Aeronautical Development Agency for the Rustom UAV project have now turned to flying the next prototype, R1-4.
Though the exact time schedule has not been revealed, R1-4 is expected to have an "identical configuration" to its predecessor, R1-3.
The Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO) successfully test-flew R1-3 Oct. 16 from a private runway near Bengaluru.
In an interview, Agency Director P.S. Krishnan blamed a "minor technical flaw spotted during taxi trials" for the fact that R1-3 did not fly in February, as once planned. "We decided to get on to the root cause. Later, the army pilots too wanted more taxi trials, which enabled the smooth maiden flight this October," according to the director.
http://tarmak007.blogspot.com/
ADE says work on R1-4 in full swing with identical configuration as R1-3
Indian defense scientists and engineers working with the Aeronautical Development Agency for the Rustom UAV project have now turned to flying the next prototype, R1-4.
Though the exact time schedule has not been revealed, R1-4 is expected to have an "identical configuration" to its predecessor, R1-3.
The Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO) successfully test-flew R1-3 Oct. 16 from a private runway near Bengaluru.
In an interview, Agency Director P.S. Krishnan blamed a "minor technical flaw spotted during taxi trials" for the fact that R1-3 did not fly in February, as once planned. "We decided to get on to the root cause. Later, the army pilots too wanted more taxi trials, which enabled the smooth maiden flight this October," according to the director.
http://tarmak007.blogspot.com/
