Published: 1st Nov, 2021
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The Abhyas High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) has been successfully flight-tested by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, off the Bay of Bengal coast in Odisha recently.
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- The ABHYAS has been designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) of DRDO.
- ADE is involved in the construction and development of state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Aeronautical Systems and technologies to meet the needs of Indian Armed Forces (IAF).
- It is a leading Aeronautical Systems Design laboratory under the
- Features: To support a long-lasting aircraft at subsonic speed, it is powered by a gas turbine engine.
- The vehicle is designed for fully automatic aircraft and its check-out is performed using a laptop-based Ground Control Station (GCS).
- Based on Inertial Navigation System (INS) navigation and Flight Control Computer (FCC), it is installed with MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) for guidance and control.
- Utility: It will provide a realistic scenario that threatens the practice of weapons systems and will be used as a test target for various missile systems.
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