India UAV Programs

[Nilgiri]

India US Drone Deal: India to kick off acquisition process for 31 armed drones from US in early July | India News - Times of India

India News: India will kick off the formal acquisition process for the 31 topnotch weaponised MQ9B drones from the US early next month, with the aim being to in

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1673743737707544580

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1688957057767227392

 

[Marlii]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1689126864735145984

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1690542027518472192

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1690635838823038976

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1691375175542124545

 

[Nilgiri]

Heron-2 MALE-UAV & Its Archer-NG Clone Explained

Although Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) had been offering its Super Heron HF MALE-UAV to India since 2015 (it even brought this UAV to th...

trishul-trident.blogspot.com

In a separate tri-services endeavour, known as ‘Project Cheetah’, about 70 existing Heron-1s belonging to the IA, IAF and Indian Navy (IN) will be jointly upgraded to Heron-2 configuration by IAI and the MoD-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and will be known as the Archer-NG.

However, this MALE-UAV variant will be powered by a 177hp Austro-330EP diesel engine and will contain flight and mission avionics that were originally developed by the DRDO’s LRDE and DARE laboratories for the ADE-developed Tapas-BH MALE-UAV.

@Gessler @500 et al. any thoughts? The larger article gives program background so far.

 

[Soldier30]

Indian Special Operations Forces have published a video of testing Warmate small loitering munitions, manufactured by the Polish company WB Electronics. Earlier it was reported that India had purchased 100 kamikaze drones of this type. Drones of this type are also used by Turkey and Ukraine. Warmate drones were developed in 2014 and are designed for surveillance, tracking and target identification, and it is also used as a kamikaze drone. The drone has a range of up to 10 km; if the target is not detected, the drone can return to base. The drone can stay in the air for up to 30 minutes and reaches speeds of up to 150 km/h, rising to a height of up to 500 meters. The maximum take-off weight of the drone is 4 kg, the drone is equipped with warheads with an explosive mass of up to 800 grams.

 

[Marlii]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1710959960136589724

 

[Marlii]

Any update on the india US airlaunched UAV? Reports stated that it should have been tested at the end of this year

 

[Marlii]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1721932002507800827

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1721932002507800827

Hermes 900 MALE-UAVs, aka Drishti-10, Arriving Early Next Year for IA & IN

It was on March 2, 2021 that Israel’s ELBIT Systems had announced that it had received a US$300 million contract from an undisclosed Asian c...

trishul-trident.blogspot.com

India drops plan to arm Heron drones under Project Cheetah: Here’s why

From Israeli Hermes Starliner to the American MQ-9B and swarm drones, India is upgrading its drone warfare capability in a big way, procuring a host of UAVs, including the US's Predator drones.

theprint.in

 

[Gessler]

Tailless flying-wing testbed in flight

 

[Zapper]

Tailless flying-wing testbed in flight

Any timeline estimates on when the full sized version will roll out?

 

[Gessler]

Any timeline estimates on when the full sized version will roll out?

I'd wager in 2-3 years.

 

[Nilgiri]

Footage, great to see tailless being accomplished:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1735622764135071938

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1735849864578433382

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1739601632097415408

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1743885385980350762

 

[Zapper]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1744947717992743013