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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
First fl ight of Rustom-2 is scheduled for Feb-2014
BANGALORE: The fi rst
fl ight of indigenously built
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAV) Rustom-2 is planned
for February 2014, Aeronautical
Development Establishment
(ADE) Director
P S Krishnan said today.
Talking to newsmen here,
he said ‘’designing part
has been completed and
purchase orders have been
placed and we are on schedule
to take off in February
2014.’’
Replying to a question, he
said ‘’manufacturing of ten
plus fi ve spare Rustom-2 vehicles
would be completed
by August-2017.
The total cost of the project
is Rs 1,540 crore and by indigenous
technology we are
saving about 40 per cent of
the cost.’’
‘’The Rustom-2, designed
and developed by ADE, a
DRDO laboratory, is comparable
to top drones in the
world. Besides Rustom-2,
solar-powered drones as
well as unmanned aerial
combat vehicles are also on
the anvil,’’ he added.
He said Rustom-2, weighing
1.8 tonnes, would have
payloads such as synthetic
aperture radar, maritime
patrol radar and collision
avoidance system among
other things. Rustom-2
would have a wing-span of
21-odd metres and an endurance
of
24-hours-plus. The recently
tested Rustom-1 had only
about seven metres and 12-
15 hours of endurance.
Krishnan said with advanced
capabilities and additional
payloads, the Rustom-
2 is comparable to the
American ‘Predator’ drones.
Stating that Rustom-2 is
manufactured solely for Defence
purpose, he said Indian
Army is keenly watching
the developments and looking
forward to the Rustom-2.
Rustom UAVs could be deployed
for military missions
like reconnaissance and surveillance,
target acquisition,
target designation, communications
relay, battle damage
assessment and signal
intelligence.
India will also be developing
unmanned aerial combat
vehicles (UCAVs) as well as
solar drones in the near future,
he added.
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