Source : IDRW/PIB
Indigenously designed and developed RUSTOM-1 made 5th successful
Flight this morning while flying at an altitude of 2300 ft AGL (above
ground level) & at a speed 100 Knots during 25 minute of cruise near
Hosur. It may be noted that this Medium Altitude Long Endurance
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE – UAV) is developed by DRDO with
Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) Bangalore as the nodal
laboratory.
It had its maiden flight in 2010. Mr. PS Krishnan, Director, ADE said
that the flight was successful as all the modifications done worked
well and all the parameters were achieved by the UAV which was weighing
661Kg and the total performance was good. In specific the objective of
testing modified lift off scheme, modified altitude and speed hold
logics worked excellently well.
Indian Army has shown keen interest in this programme. This UAV has
the potential military missions like Reconnaissance & Surveillance,
Target Acquisition, Target Designation, Communications Relay, Battle
Damage Assessment and Signal Intelligence.
This UAV can attain a maximum speed of 150 Knots, 22,000 ft of
altitude and endurance of 12-15 Hours with an operating range of 250 Kms
when fully developed.
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