Rustom 2 - India’s long endurance UCAV completes first trip!
Q. What does UCAV stand for in the context of aeronautics?- Published on 17 Nov 16a. Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle
b. Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
c. Unmanned Combative Air Vehicle
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
After some delay,
Rustom 2 (TAPAS 201) a medium long altitude endurance
UCAV has completed its first flight early in Chitradurga about 200-250 km from Bengaluru
- The UCAV is a medium-altitude, long endurance MALE category of vehicles which met all expectations during the first flight
- DRDO is an agency of India charged with military research and development, in New Delhi India
- It was formed from the merger of the Technical Development Establishment and the Directorate of Technical Development and Production with the Defence Science Organisation in 1958.
- With a network of 52 labs, which are engaged in developing defence technologies covering numerous fields such as aeronautics, armaments, electronics, land combat engineering, life sciences, material, naval systems and mussels
- The flight accomplished the main objectives of providing the flying platform such as take off, bank level flight and landing
- TAPAS 2015 has been designed by ADE/Aeronautical Development Establishment, with HAL-BEL as production partner
- ADE is a Bangalore based lab of DRDO
- UCAV weighs two tonnes; it is the first R&D prototype which has been certified and qualified for the first flight from the Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification and Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance
- A multi mission UAV, TAPAS 201 is designed to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for three armed forces with endurance of 24 hours
- It can carry out combination of different payloads
- This is a Make in India initiative as many critical systems have been developed in India with the partnership with private industries
