^ a b c d "India set to develop own stealth combat drones".^ "New Imagery Details Indian Aura UCAV".^ "India to develop unmanned combat aerial vehicle"."EXCLUSIVE: Inside The World Of India's Most Secret Combat Aircraft Program". See also Īircraft of comparable role, configuration and era Apart from being a precursor for technology development related to Ghatak project, SWiFT will also move ahead as separate project under unmanned wingman bomber program. It can achieve an altitude of 6 km above mean sea-level with flight endurance record of 1 hour. The maximum range to receive ground commands is 200 km with an overall weight of 1,050 kg. The prototype is 4 m long with a 5 m long wingspan. It was already certified by Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) and Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA). Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) developed the 1 ton weight class retractable landing gear for SWiFT and delivered it to ADE for integration. The prototype will collect data on controllability of flying wing configuration and design stability, aircraft flight control system, autonomous landing and take-off technology, retractable landing gear system and radar cross-section. The Russian engine will be replaced by Manik Small Turbofan Engine (STFE) at later stage developed Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) which was already successfully tested on Nirbhay cruise missile and Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM). In June 2021, DRDO initiated ground trials of the first assembled prototype weighing 1 ton all-up weight and powered by NPO Saturn 36MT turbofan engine. The project will also include a deck-based UCAV for Indian Navy.
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As of 2021, the Ghatak name has been dropped and the overall programme gained a flagship status with full support from Union Government. The UAV utilised a microjet engine and attained a maximum velocity of 190 km/h (120 mph) during flight. In Q4 of 2020, a small version of delta wing UAV was developed by ADA and IISc and test flown in Hosur. A prototype of the SWiFT is expected to be flight-tested by 2021 with a NPO Saturn 36MT turbofan engine. It is intended to develop technologies required for the final Ghatak UCAV. Ī technology demonstrator called Stealth Wing Flying Testbed (SWiFT) which is a precursor project being developed by Aeronautical Development Agency, Aeronautical Development Establishment and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Īs of March 2017, a full-scale model was being built for testing. Initial funding of ₹2.31 billion (equivalent to ₹2.8 billion or US$37 million in 2020) for the project was sanctioned by the Government of India in May 2016. The Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft was a feasibility study started in 2009 with a budget of ₹125 million (equivalent to ₹270 million or US$3.5 million in 2020) and successfully completed in April 2013. It is said to employ a fluid thrust vectoring method.ĭevelopment Stealth Wing Flying Testbed (SWiFT) ĭRDO's Chief Controller, R&D (aeronautics), Dr Prahlada said, "capable of flying at altitudes of 30,000 ft and weighing less than 15 tonnes, the UCAVs will have rail-launching for the missiles, bombs and PGMs (precision-guided munitions) they will carry." In 2015, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar informed Rajya Sabha that UCAV will be powered by a dry Kaveri engine variant, which will have a thrust of 52 kilonewtons. The flight control system and data link packages of the UCAV will be created by ADA and Defence Electronics Application Laboratory. The UCAV will cruise at medium altitude and will be capable of carrying two or more guided strike weapons with on-board sensors for targeting and weapon guidance. The ADA describes the UCAV as a "self-defending high-speed reconnaissance UAV with weapon firing capability".
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