Defence Analysis and Growth Organisation (DRDO) has efficiently carried out a flight trial of Autonomous Flying Wing Expertise Demonstrator, an indigenous high-speed flying-wing Unmanned Aerial Automobile (UAV) from the Aeronautical Check Vary, Chitradurga in Karnataka. The profitable flying demonstration of this autonomous stealth UAV is an affidavit to maturity within the expertise readiness ranges within the nation. With this flight within the tailless configuration, India has joined the elite membership of nations to have mastered the controls for the flying wing expertise.
This UAV is designed and developed by DRDO’s Aeronautical Growth Institution. The maiden flight of this plane was demonstrated in July 2022, adopted by six flight trials in numerous developmental configurations utilizing two in-house manufactured prototypes. These flight-tests led to achievements in improvement of strong aerodynamic and management system; built-in real-time and hardware-in-loop simulation, and state-of-the-art Floor Management Station. The staff had optimised the avionic methods, integration and flight operations in direction of the profitable seventh flight in last configuration.
The plane prototype, with a fancy arrowhead wing platform, is designed and manufactured with lightweight carbon prepreg composite materials developed indigenously. Additionally, the composite construction, impregnated with fibre interrogators for well being monitoring, is a showcase of ‘Aatmanirbharta’ within the aerospace expertise. The autonomous touchdown of this high-speed UAV, with out the necessity for floor radars/infrastructure/pilot, showcased a novel functionality demonstration, permitting take-off and touchdown from any runway with surveyed coordinates. This was attainable utilizing onboard sensor information fusion with indigenous satellite-based augmentation utilizing GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) receivers to enhance the accuracy and integrity of GPS navigation.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has complimented DRDO, Armed Forces and the Trade for the profitable flight trial of the system. He said that the profitable improvement of such essential applied sciences indigenously will additional strengthen the Armed Forces.
Secretary Division of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat additionally congratulated the DRDO and the groups related to this profitable flight trial.
