India plans to develop solar-powered UAVs

[nomi007]

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[IndianArmy]

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India/Pakistan just make planing nothing made

You are too late to say this my friend. I have had stated this the moment I read it.

 

[angeldemon_007]

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[Kinetic]

You are too late to say this my friend. I have had stated this the moment I read it.

How many countries build nuclear submarine? Aircraft carrier? Missile defence? SAM? EW? Torpedo? Stealth ships? Are those not happening?

You seems to be too worried about solar powered UAV.

In last two years... India introduced these major new systems...

Brahmos Block II
Brohmos Block III+
Light Combat Helicopter
LCA Naval version roll out
Prahaar
Agni-2P
Two stealth ships
Agni-III induction
Rustom UAV
Aerostat
AWACS
Varunastra trorpedo
TAL torpedo


coming in this year...


Aircraft carrier launch
Agni-V test
Agni-2P test
PDV missile defence test



What more do we want? Spaceships? Rayguns? robot army?

 

[OrionHunter]

Higher altitude flights allow for a wider area of surveillance. It would take 13 Predators or at least 4 Global Hawks to get the same amount of continuous ground coverage a stratospheric UAV could cover.

Easier said than done! Anyone thought about the equipment required for taking extremely high resolution images from that altitude? The weight would be too much for solar powered UAVs to handle. But hey! What do I know?

 

[IndianArmy]

How many countries build nuclear submarine? Aircraft carrier? Missile defence? SAM? EW? Torpedo? Stealth ships? Are those not happening?

You seems to be too worried about solar powered UAV.

The Problem is son, IIT's nationwide take up this research and not only this but also sophisticated technologies like nuclear powered ramjets. Is there anything wrong in expecting more from core R&D bodies like DRDO? and because of the work culture in india where do these IIT'ians end up with?

 

[SpArK]

After combat drones, India eyes solar-powered UAVs capable of flying for a fortnight


NEW DELHI: After launching development of stealth UCAVs (unmanned combat aerial vehicles), India is now also looking at designing solar-powered spy drones which can cruise in the sky for several days at a time.

The high-altitude, long endurance (HALE) solar-powered UAV will not just reduce Indian military's carbon footprint but more importantly provide a cost-effective and flexible 24x7 ISTAR (intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance) platform akin to "a pseudo-satellite" orbiting closer to the ground.

"Yes, Army and IAF have asked us to develop the solar-powered HALE UAV. Initial work is in progress for such a drone which can undertake a 15-day continuous flight over 30,000-feet," DRDO's chief controller R&D (aeronautics) Dr Prahlada .

The drone will harvest solar energy during the day, storing it in fuel cells to provide power for electric motors for night flying. "Solar efficiency is low but we are looking at a payload of around 50 kg (sensors, cameras etc). We will seek some collaboration from either US or European companies," said Dr Prahlada.

This comes at a time when several international aviation majors are doing cutting-edge research on solar UAVs. Boeing, for instance, is developing a UAV with a 400-feet wingspan, called Solar Eagle, which can operate continuously for an astonishing five years. It is being described as a "zero-maintenance, launch-and-leave UAV".

With remotely-piloted spy as well as combat drones being seen as major force-multipliers or game-changers in modern-day warfare, DRDO has launched a series of UAV programmes for Indian armed forces, which have largely depended on Israeli drones like Searchers and Herons till now.

As was first reported by TOI recently, this includes the secretive AURA (autonomous unmanned research aircraft) programme to develop UCAVs capable of firing missiles, bombs and PGMs (precision-guided munitions).

The Cabinet Committee on Security has also now cleared a Rs 1,500 crore DRDO project to develop the Rustom-H MALE (medium-altitude, long-endurance) drone, capable of operating for 24 hours with a 350-kg payload. "Its first flight will take place in two years," said Dr Prahlada.

Then, of course, there is the smaller Rustom-I drone, with an 8-12 hour endurance and a 100-kg payload, as well as the already-developed Nishant UAV, which has a 4.5 hour endurance level.

Army, in fact, has projected a requirement of seven "troops" (akin to squadrons) of Rustom drones. As for Nishants, Dr Prahlada said, "Army has already inducted four such drones, which can be launched from hydro-pneumatic launchers without the need of runways, while eight more are being manufactured."

"Nishants can carry electro-optical, electronic intelligence and communication intelligence payloads. Since they can also be used for counter-insurgency operations, the home ministry has also expressed interest in seeing their operations," he added.

With DRDO working on the entire spectrum ranging from hand-held mini to full-fledged combat drones, a dedicated aeronautical test range from them is also coming up at Challakere, around 220 km from Bangalore. "It will be fully operational in two years," he said.

After combat drones, India eyes solar-powered UAVs capable of flying for a fortnight - Times Of India

 

[Kinetic]

The Problem is son, IIT's nationwide take up this research and not only this but also sophisticated technologies like nuclear powered ramjets. Is there anything wrong in expecting more from core R&D bodies like DRDO? and because of the work culture in india where do these IIT'ians end up with?

Govt spends thousands of crores in the IITians for this only and to run DRDO, ISRO, DAE etc not going US and work for IBM and Lockheed. So it is their job as DRDO's or ISRO's. Are not we forgetting what w got compared to others with limited resources we have?

The IITians should change the work culture because they are among the best of us, it is their job to lead.

but when we blame them for planning solar powered UAV we forget their other achievements they already did.

 

[Kinetic]

All those under planning is futuristic, very few are capable of doing the same.



benny a question for you, how many countries have such long endurance solar powered UAV?

 

[IndianArmy]

Govt spends thousands of crores in the IITians for this only and to run DRDO, ISRO, DAE etc not going US and work for IBM and Lockheed. So it is their job as DRDO's or ISRO's. Are not we forgetting what w got compared to others with limited resources we have?

The IITians should change the work culture because they are among the best of us, it is their job to lead.

but when we blame them for planning solar powered UAV we forget their other achievements they already did.

Please I do not understand what achievement is..Is doing there duty and completing it an achievement? Call it an achievement when they have something out of the box.. Do we have any? And resources, what resources do we lack? We have every resources which supports the size and shape of our economy. We are yet to hit the goal the Americans hit when they had an economy as that of ours.

 

[Prahar007]

Govt spends thousands of crores in the IITians for this only and to run DRDO, ISRO, DAE etc not going US and work for IBM and Lockheed. So it is their job as DRDO's or ISRO's. Are not we forgetting what w got compared to others with limited resources we have?

The IITians should change the work culture because they are among the best of us, it is their job to lead.

but when we blame them for planning solar powered UAV we forget their other achievements they already did.

Exactly
and Base of DRDO is more strong now

 

[OrionHunter]

What more do we want? Spaceships? Rayguns? robot army?

Yep! We need those!! As well as phasers, disintegrators, dazzlers, stunners and...oh well, you get my point! More the merrier!

 

[Kinetic]

Please I do not understand what achievement is..Is doing there duty and completing it an achievement? Call it an achievement when they have something out of the box.. Do we have any? And resources, what resources do we lack? We have every resources which supports the size and shape of our economy.

So developing a nuclear submarine is like doing duty? Missile defence? ICBM? Is it like 10 to 5 office work? As I said we are not ready to give them any credit but we want everything from them.

Pls tell me which countries has something out of box except US? and what are those?

We lack every resources. We lack money for R&D, we lack infrastructure.

The size of economy is good now but what about 5 years back? What infrastructure and money we had in the 90s? Nothing. Still our economy is much smaller than many other countries.

We are yet to hit the goal the Americans hit when they had an economy as that of ours.

America is the largest economy for last 100 years! So to compare American economy with India's we need to go back many centuries.

 

[Kinetic]

Yep! We need those!! As well as phasers, disintegrators, dazzlers, stunners and...oh well, you get my point! More the merrier!

lol Than we should have a economy like that of US and spend like them. Or at least like France, Germany, Japan, China or even Russia. What they spend on a single project is more than that of India's entire projects.

 

[IndianArmy]

So developing a nuclear submarine is like doing duty? Missile defence? ICBM? Is it like 10 to 5 office work? As I said we are not ready to give them any credit but we want everything from them.

Pls tell me which countries has something out of box except US? and what are those?

We lack every resources. We lack money for R&D, we lack infrastructure.

The size of economy is good now but what about 5 years back? What infrastructure and money we had in the 90s? Nothing. Still our economy is much smaller than many other countries.



America is the largest economy for last 100 years! So to compare American economy with India's we need to go back many centuries.

I am not denying the products which you have stated above. I am just wanting you to see the patented technologies by DRDO. A handful of them perhaps, An R&D institution such as this is expected to do more. A nuclear submarine, a Missile blah blah blah!! it is not our invention. We have got the technology which is inherited to us in different forms. not that we created it..

Building a nuclear submarine or an ICBM might be a bigger thing to you but its just another day at the office for the scientists.

And about America maintaining to be largest economy, mine was a figure of speech.