Indian UAV/UCAV Thread

[Chanakyaa]

 

[Chanakyaa]

DMLA, THANKS FOR ADDING THE HAROOP.

 

[Kinetic]

Great going...

A Heron like that of Indian Navy...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Heron_UAV_2009.jpg/800px-Heron_UAV_2009.jpg

Put the UAVs from IdeaForge as well...

http://www.ideaforge.co.in/MAV/MAV.html

 

[DMLA]

DMLA, THANKS FOR ADDING THE HAROOP.

You have put in a lot of effort to get all this information together. Great work buddy. I am just chipping in with any info possible .

Keep up the good work!

 

[gogbot]

Falco,uqab,border eagle,Shadow,Huma, etc we have dozens of UAVs tht actually work and are exported unlike ur PROTOTYPES.

FRorget Falco its made under liscence just like other italian or european drones.
Wat about Huma,shadow,border eagle UQAB etc?
Most dont need a parachute like nishant or other indian made crash dummies and are successfully exported to countries.
And if thts the case then dont post israeli,russian or jointly built drones luike nishant here.
Also are any of ur drones in active service yet.
???
Coz im curious

Wat about Huma,shadow,border eagle UQAB etc?

What about them, you don't have any of them.



Pakistan has only two inducted UAV's

SATUMA Jasoos II Bravo+ ??
SELEX Galileo Falco 25

At best you have a little over 50 UAV's .
And your first inudcted UAV is the Falco in 2007.

India has used UAV's since 1999.
India's UAV fleet is over 383 .

First hit a triple digit fleet number, then we can talk about comparing UAV's .


Now stop derailing thread and go elsewhere.

 

[KEETARP]

Just to add to Kinetic's Post

Drone of '3 Idiots' movie "Netra" could now serve Army, NSG; DRDO in talks
Netra UAV

The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that grabbed eyeballs in the Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots could soon be used by the Indian Army and a host of security forces, including the National Security Guard (NSG), for reconnaissance in anti-terror and counter-insurgency situations.

The machine that the student of engineering designed in the film — and which tragically found him hanging in his room on its maiden flight — is the same as the one built by IdeaForge, a company founded by three IIT, Bombay alumni. The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has tied up with IdeaForge to refine the UAV — now named Netra — and is learnt to be preparing to pitch it to the Army.

Netra has already been demonstrated before the NSG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Delhi Police, Maharashtra Police and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force, and has drawn special attention from forces currently engaged in anti-Naxal operations. The product will be on display at the forthcoming Defence Expo in New Delhi.

Source
Drone of '3 Idiots' could now serve Army, NSG; DRDO in talks
Drone of '3 Idiots' could serve Army — IIT Bombay Heritage Fund and IIT Bombay Alumni Association

Video

Just look at the Thermal Imaging at 1.27 min in viseo and HQ mapping

 

[KEETARP]

INDIA AND ISRAEL'S NRUAV "CHETAK"​

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd(HAL) joined hands with MALAT Division of Israel Aerospace Industries(IAI) to develop a first of its kind NRUAV for Indian Navy which is the brain-child of Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Chief of Defense staff of India.

The Naval Rotary Unmanned Air Vehicle(NRUAV) was conceived initially in 2005 and crossed a longer design phase and now has started its development for Naval version. The NRUAV will be used for surviellance and air-borne early warning. It has an option of using as an attack helo in the future carrying one or few torpedoes.

Here are the technical parameters of the beautiful Chetak NRUAV in its present configuration:

PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS

Endurance: 6 hours
Ceiling: 15,000 ft
Loiter speed: 60 knots
Max speed: 100 knots

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Max Take-off Weight: 2200 kg
Max Mission Payload Weight: 220 kg
Main Rotor Diameter: 11.02 m
Tail Rotor Diameter: 1.91 m
Length w/o Payloads
-Overall rotors turning: 12.84 m
-Fuselage, tail rotor turning: 10.17 m
Width (without payloads, blades folded): 2.6 m
Height to top of rotor head: 2.97 m

Source-
http://livefist.blogspot.com/2008/06/chetak-uav-advertisement.html

 

[KEETARP]

cont NRUAV

 

[KEETARP]

cont NRUAV

Full detail-
TRISHUL: Navy’s Own MRUAV Takes Shape
LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence: EXCLUSIVE: The Chetak UAV inside/out Part-1 (part1)
LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence: EXCLUSIVE: The Chetak UAV inside/out (Presentation on capabilities) Part-2 (part2)
LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence: EXCLUSIVE: The Chetak UAV inside/out Part-3 (part3)

 

[KEETARP]

Unmanned Tejas in a decade​

©Copyright LiveFist / Shiv Aroor
Just saw this interview of DRDO chief M Natarajan to Vayu Aerospace & Defence Review, where he says, "We can adapt the LCA into becoming an advanced UCAV (unmanned combat aerial vehicle), not immediately, perhaps 10 years down the road."

He also says, "As a corollary to these developments, we can think of a twin-engined LCA of the 18-20 ton category, gradually developing a spectrum of products... We can think positively of the LCA replacing MiG-21s, then we can think of a futuristic MCA to replace certain number of squadrons of medium multirole combat aircraft, but with more advanced technologies."

Regarding Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar's biography of the Tejas programme ("The Tejas Story"), and his assertion that ego clashes between the IAF and DRDO had caused the programme delays, Natarajan said, "Beyond 2000, this book has no relevance. Dr SR Valluri was there, then there was a designer from UK called Mendiratta. Dr Valluri had written to me when I took over. I said there was no reason to go back into the past. As of now there are no conflicts between the IAF and DRDO. DRDO took the initiative when Air Chief Marshal Tyagi was Chief of Air Staff and we asked them to position IAF officers at the LCA facility in Bangalore. As of now there are 25 IAF personnel with Air Marshal Nanjappa leading this LCA induction team

 

[KEETARP]

Now Smallest & Lightest UAV by an Indian Firm

5April 2010
Indian firms have been moving from one innovation to the other. After the Indian version of the iPad by NotionInk an Indian private firm has hit the headlines for having developed an UAV. This Unarmed Combat Vehicle (UAV) is said to be the world’s smallest and lightest. Named Carbon, this UAV will be of great help in fighting terrorists as well as in defence applications.

The UAV has vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. It can carry intelligence equipment on board and is very useful in disaster management and aerial photography. It can be programmed to take of on a preplanned mission and land back at the same location after completing it.

It is made of carbon fiber composites and weighs only 1.5 kg. It has a range of one km and is powered by Li-Pc batteries. In the first US-Asian Demonstration and Assessment of Micro Aerial and Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology the UAV won the prize for the best entry amongst 16 other entries.

Source-
http://idrw.org/?p=1172

 

[Chanakyaa]

Wow, great contributions brothers.

 

[Trichy]

i accept it but we need more cutting-edge technology from our Labs, not from purchasing from others... we walk the extra mile with will to go

 

[chachachoudhary]

DRDO Golden Hawk-MAV

The MAV are like tiny vehicles that work like spies in sky. They weigh only 300 gms and are 300 millimetres long. Since these MAVs are not entirely made of metal and carbon fibres, they are hard to intercept by radars and sensors. These MAVs have a range of two to five kilometers and they fly some 100 to 200 metres above the ground for 30-40 minutes and capture images.

Lt. Gen (Dr) V J Sundaram, key scientist behind the MAV who was the former Director DRDO said that the MAV may be of the order of $16,000 and the sensors alone will take up 30 to 40 per cent of the cost.

 

[Chanakyaa]

MAV can be very useful in tactical survelliance.
Good to see that we have a wide range of UAVs.