Successful Flight Test of ABHYAS

September 23, 2020 10:33 am

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Successful Flight Test of ABHYAS

By PIB Delhi

Successful flight test of ABHYAS – High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) was today conducted by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Interim Test Range, Balasore in Odisha. During the trials, two demonstrator vehicles were successfully test flown. The vehicle can be used as target for evaluation of various missile systems.

Abhyas is designed & developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), DRDO. The air vehicle is launched using twin underslung booster. It is powered by a small gas turbine engine and has MEMS based Inertial Navigation System (INS) for navigation along with the Flight Control Computer (FCC) for guidance and control. The vehicle is programmed for fully autonomous flight. The check out of air vehicle is done using laptop based Ground Control Station (GCS).

During the test campaign, the user requirement of 5 km flying altitude, vehicle speed of 0.5 mach, endurance of 30 minutes and 2g turn capability of the test vehicle were successfully achieved.

CONGRATULATIONS?
UNDER LEADERSHIP OF BEST ??PM OF INDIA
IN THE INDIAN HISTORY
OUR DYNAMIC LEADER SHRI @narendramodi JI@DRDO_India SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED FLIGHT TEST OF
ABHYAS – HIGH-SPEED EXPENDABLE AERIAL TARGET (HEAT) FROM
TEST RANGE IN ODISHA

JAI SRI RAM?
??JAI HIND?? pic.twitter.com/xVL77EuUz8
— BHARATH KUMAR IPS (SEWAK) (@INDIANPUBLICSER) September 22, 2020

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