In yet another milestone for India, the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on Tuesday conducted the successful flight test of ABHYAS – High Speed Consumable Air Target (HEAT). The flight test was conducted from the Interim Test Range, Balasore in Odisha.
Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh praised ABHYAS ‘successful flight test. Taking to the microblogging site Twitter, Singh said this can be used as a target for the evaluation of various missile systems.
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He tweeted: “The DRDO achieved a milestone today with the successful flight test of ABHYAS – ITR Balasore High Speed Expandable Air Target. This can be used as a target for the evaluation of various missile systems. Congratulations to DRDO and other parties. interested in this achievement. “
The DRDO achieved a milestone today with the successful flight test of ABHYAS – ITR Balasore High Speed Expandable Aerial Target. This can be used as a target for the evaluation of various missile systems. congratulations to @DRDO_India and other stakeholders for this achievement.
– Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) September 22, 2020
During the tests, two demonstration vehicles were successfully tested. The vehicle can be used as a target for the evaluation of various missile systems. During the test campaign, the user requirement of 5km flight altitude, 0.5 mach vehicle speed, 30 minute endurance and 2g turn ability of the test vehicle was successfully achieved.
Abhyas is designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), DRDO. The aerial vehicle is launched with a double suspension thruster. It is powered by a small gas turbine engine and has a 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. Verification of the air vehicle is performed by a laptop-based Ground Control Station (GCS).
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