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What is the News?
Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) has successfully flight-tested Abhyas High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha.
What is Abhyas?
Abhyas is an indigenously developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) that will be used as a target for the evaluation of various missile systems.
Developed by: It has been designed and developed by DRDO’s Aeronautical Development Establishment(ADE).
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What are the key Features of Abhyas?
Abhyas is powered by a small gas turbine engine to sustain a long endurance flight at subsonic speed.
It is also equipped with a MEMS-based Inertial Navigation System(INS) for navigation, along with the Flight Control Computer(FCC) for guidance and control.
Moreover, the Abhyas vehicle is programmed for fully autonomous flight. The check-out of air vehicle is done using a laptop-based Ground Control Station (GCS)
Source: This post is based on the article “High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target ABHYAS successfully flight-tested by DRDO” published in PIB on 22nd October 2021.
