DRDO's statement -
Indigenously designed
and developed RUSTOM-1 made 14th successful flight today morning at
Kolar with attainment of about 11500 ft AGL (above ground level) and speed of
above 140 Kmph during 2 hrs 10 minutes of cruise. It may be noted that
this unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is developed by Aeronautical Development
Establishment (ADE) a DRDO lab at Bangalore had its maiden flight in
Nov’09. Mr. PS Krishnan, Director ADE stated that the flight was
successful in view of all the parameters were achieved by the UAV which was
weighing around 690 Kg and the total performance was satisfactory.
The highlights of the flight are
a) Use of lean mixture control system in the
engine for flights at high altitudes
b) Take-off weight being heaviest so far
c) Achieved max altitude of 3.5 kms, about 11500
ft.
d) Extended range of about 50 kms tried out for
the first time. The way point track was perfect and so were take-off and
landing etc.,
This UAV has the potential military missions like
Reconnaissance & Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Target Designation,
Communications Relay, Battle Damage Assessment and Signal Intelligence.
This UAV can attain a maximum altitude of 22000 ft and
endurance of 12-15 Hours with an operating range of 250 Kms when fully
developed.
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