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Tethered Drones, HALE Class UAV, HSTDV vs China's Avangard, 600HP Engine – FICV

Aeronautical Development Establishment starts work on HALE Class UAV

ADE has been cleared to design and develop India’s first High altitude long endurance HALE class UAV. The new HALE Class UAV features a high wing monoplane design with a pusher engine that seems to have a satellite antenna integrated inside the fuselage and a smaller internal payload bay that provide more than adequate space for the installation of multiple payloads that may comprise electro optical radar and electronic surveillance missions.

New UAV will be bigger than the Rustam-1 & there seem to be quite a bit of design similarities with the Heron-TP Drone but upon closer inspection, this new unmanned aerial vehicle sports winglets that are not seen on Heron-TP and the engine casing also seems to be different indicating it will have different engines, along with that it features submerged air intake, instead of standalone air intake seen on Heron-TP.

New UAV will likely get a new single high power Turbo Prop engine in range of 1,000-1,200 horse power output that will be more powerful then twin engine Turboprop engine seen in the Rustam-2 that can take it even further higher and will be able to cruise at 40,000 to 45,000 feet that Rustam-2 technically isn’t designed to reach this level. HAL is also working on HALE Class UAV of its own but with turbofan engine as the powerplant that will able to cruise above 50,000 feet.

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BEL offers Tethered Drone to secure IAF airbases

Public sector Company, Bharat Electronics Limited has designed and developed a Hexacopter that can carry an electro optic payload to provide long detection ranges and is powered by wire cables that enable it to fly for six hours to provide non stop aerial reconnaissance and intelligence gathering to secure Indian air force base against aerial intrusions by UAVs and Drones.

BEL says that the company has developed the Hexacopter Drone in less than 9 months and the drone also has provisions for internal batteries in case of power failure that will allow it to land back safely. After six hours of continuous operation, Hexacopter can resume operations after one hour break that is done to cool off its motors. But commercially their exists Tethered Drones that can operate for 24 hours without break.

BEL is also working to develop Hexacopter-20, Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV capable of performing collaborative missions with other multicopters. Hexacopter can be customized to take and activate desired payloads like Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief, Light Detection, and Ranging.

Rustam-II program inching towards finish line

The indigenous Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle development programme by DRDO has crossed a milestone by reaching an altitude of 25,000 feet and an endurance of 10 hours, DRDO Chairman Doctor Sateesh Reddy said.

Within two months, DRDO will demonstrate an altitude of 30,000 feet and 18 hours endurance meeting the requirements of the Services. It has advanced capabilities and meets the requirements of the three Services. Once the capabilities are demonstrated in two months, it should be ready to be handed to the Services.

A programme for a more capable High Altitude Long Range (HALE) UAV is also in the works. It technologically matches contemporary UAVs available and will also be cheaper than the imported ones. With some delays in development, the Rustom-II last year successfully flew for eight hours at an altitude of 16,000 feet. It has been designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bengaluru with production partners being the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and the Bharat Electronics Limited.

It is being developed to carry out surveillance and reconnaissance roles and is capable of carrying different combinations of advanced payload and capable of auto landing among others. High endurance UAVs are a priority requirement for the armed forces especially in the standoff with China in Eastern Ladakh.

DRDO to test HSTDV in 2022 again

With China, Russia and the US actively building aerodynamically manoeuverable hypersonic weapons that fly over five times the speed of sound, defence minister Rajnath Singh has directed DRDO to move fast towards developing such arsenal to maintain India’s minimum credible deterrence against adversaries.

Towards this end, India is planning to conduct another test of its hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle HSTDV, powered by a scramjet engine, by early next year. The HSTDV, which was successfully tested for the first time in September last year, will serve as a crucial building block in the development of long range hypersonic weapons, which will take at least another four to five years to become a reality. A hypersonic weapon can either be a glide vehicle launched from a rocket or a scramjet powered cruise missile.

Ashok Leyland & CVRDE developed 600-HP engine for futuristic combat vehicles and demonstrated successfully

As the development cum production partner, Ashok Leyland has developed the engine in a record time despite the total lockdown, On Wednesday the testing of the engine at the Engine Development Centre of Ashok Leyland located near Chennai was done. The 600 HP engine will undergo rigorous testing in lab and will be qualified for application in tanks. Ashok Leyland will undertake series production of the engine post induction into service.

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