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.
