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I thought i might Write a post about what Rustom is and the Road ahead
This may help clear up some Confusion a lot of people are having.
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Aircraft pictured above : Rustom-1 MALE UAV
A smaller derivative Rustom-1, a prototype/technology demonstrator,
Rustom (English: Warrior) is a （MALE）Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
-A designed endurance of 12-15 hour, 25000 ft. altitude and 75 kg payload
Rustom is derived from the NAL's LCRA (Light Canard Research Aircraft) developed by a team under the leadership of late Prof. Rustom B. Damania in the 1980s。
The aircraft has been named after Rustom Damania, a former professor of IISc, Bangalore who died in 2001. DRDO decided to name the UAV after him because it is derived from National Aeronautical Laboratories light canard research aircraft (LCRA) developed under Rustom Damanias leadership in the 1980s.
CurrentStatus：
The Indian government has allowed the development of the Rustom MALE UAV project in association with a production agency cum development partner (PADP). The ADE officials indicated that the requests for proposals (RFP) would shortly be issued to four vendors which are the Tatas, Larsen and Toubro, Godrej and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited-Bharat Electronics (joint bid) who were chosen out of the 23 firms that responded.
Currently, negotiations are underway between these companies and the three Indian armed forces since the private majors are looking for support and commitment from them before they start executing any development and production plans. This is because of the fact that the chosen PADP will also have a financial stake in the Rustom project. The Armed Forces would also be asked to take up a financial stake and the Indian government may have to guarantee that a specific number of Rustom UAVs will be bought.
The Hindu : News / National : Significant step toward indigenous UAV
DRDOs Rustom UAV To Roll Out Soon | India Defence Online
A prototype to validate the technology for the project has been built and the taxi trials has been completed
At least 10 more test flights of the Rustom design are expected before the system can be taken up for production. The test work is being performed using a sub-scale version of the air vehicle (Rustom-I TD) with a 1.5*m (4.9*ft) wing span and an overall length of 3m.
Rustom-1 MALE UAV is a forerunner to the more advanced Rustom H and Unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) or Project AURA.
*Rustom-H HALE(High Altitude Long Endurace) (Under development)
Most likely following a similar model to Rustom-1, with ADA/DRDO developing the Basing Underlying technology with some one else Implementing it and manufacturing it.
* Project AURA (Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft)
India's proposed unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) ,
prototype technology demonstrator being conceptualised goes by the working title
Indian Unmanned Strike Aircraft (IUSA) or Indian Unmanned Strike Aircraft Programme (IUSAP). The Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) and Agency (ADA) are currently conducting a feasibility study of two UCAV designs and expects to freeze a concept in 2011. The National Aeronautics Laboratory is also involved in the concept study of the IUSA. While the Nishant and Rustom UAVs have been publicly shown before, the Defence Ministry has asked ADA to keep the IUSAP classified and out of sight as far as possible. Sources say that the first demonstrator is likely to be an all composite swept-wing model, though a lot of design elements haven't been frozen just yet.
here are the first ever manifestations of what India's UCAV, codenamed AURA, could look like. These are images from an official presentation (see slide) by India's Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) director PS Krishnan, outlining AURA (Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft)
ADE describes the AURA as a "self defending" high speed reconnaisance UAV with a "weapon firing capability"
With the programme still in its project definition stage, the images used in the slide above are likely just representative (the tacky flag-on-underbelly routine a-la Lockheed Nighthawk with stars and stripes), though it's a definite indication of how the programme's scientists are thinking. It's all fully in line with what former DRDO chief controller for Aeronautics said in 2007: that India's combat drone would be a stealthy flying-wing concept aircraft with internal weapons and a turbofan engine.
____________________________________________________
Short Look at India's Unmanned Aircraft Vision
The IAI-HAL Naval Rotory UAV
Nishant UAV
The Nishant, as it stands of course, doesn't ever need a tarmac -- it can be launched using a truck-based mobile hydropneumatic launcher. And then Land Using parachute , making it especially usefull in the Rugged terrain on Kashmir , where Runways and Landing strips are hard to come by.
Features
Performance
This may help clear up some Confusion a lot of people are having.
http://*****************/album/d/2532-2/Rustom_male_drdo.JPG
Aircraft pictured above : Rustom-1 MALE UAV
A smaller derivative Rustom-1, a prototype/technology demonstrator,
Rustom (English: Warrior) is a （MALE）Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
-A designed endurance of 12-15 hour, 25000 ft. altitude and 75 kg payload
Rustom is derived from the NAL's LCRA (Light Canard Research Aircraft) developed by a team under the leadership of late Prof. Rustom B. Damania in the 1980s。
The aircraft has been named after Rustom Damania, a former professor of IISc, Bangalore who died in 2001. DRDO decided to name the UAV after him because it is derived from National Aeronautical Laboratories light canard research aircraft (LCRA) developed under Rustom Damanias leadership in the 1980s.
CurrentStatus：
The Indian government has allowed the development of the Rustom MALE UAV project in association with a production agency cum development partner (PADP). The ADE officials indicated that the requests for proposals (RFP) would shortly be issued to four vendors which are the Tatas, Larsen and Toubro, Godrej and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited-Bharat Electronics (joint bid) who were chosen out of the 23 firms that responded.
Currently, negotiations are underway between these companies and the three Indian armed forces since the private majors are looking for support and commitment from them before they start executing any development and production plans. This is because of the fact that the chosen PADP will also have a financial stake in the Rustom project. The Armed Forces would also be asked to take up a financial stake and the Indian government may have to guarantee that a specific number of Rustom UAVs will be bought.
The Hindu : News / National : Significant step toward indigenous UAV
DRDOs Rustom UAV To Roll Out Soon | India Defence Online
A prototype to validate the technology for the project has been built and the taxi trials has been completed
At least 10 more test flights of the Rustom design are expected before the system can be taken up for production. The test work is being performed using a sub-scale version of the air vehicle (Rustom-I TD) with a 1.5*m (4.9*ft) wing span and an overall length of 3m.
Rustom-1 MALE UAV is a forerunner to the more advanced Rustom H and Unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) or Project AURA.
*Rustom-H HALE(High Altitude Long Endurace) (Under development)
Most likely following a similar model to Rustom-1, with ADA/DRDO developing the Basing Underlying technology with some one else Implementing it and manufacturing it.
* Project AURA (Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft)
India's proposed unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) ,
prototype technology demonstrator being conceptualised goes by the working title
Indian Unmanned Strike Aircraft (IUSA) or Indian Unmanned Strike Aircraft Programme (IUSAP). The Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) and Agency (ADA) are currently conducting a feasibility study of two UCAV designs and expects to freeze a concept in 2011. The National Aeronautics Laboratory is also involved in the concept study of the IUSA. While the Nishant and Rustom UAVs have been publicly shown before, the Defence Ministry has asked ADA to keep the IUSAP classified and out of sight as far as possible. Sources say that the first demonstrator is likely to be an all composite swept-wing model, though a lot of design elements haven't been frozen just yet.
here are the first ever manifestations of what India's UCAV, codenamed AURA, could look like. These are images from an official presentation (see slide) by India's Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) director PS Krishnan, outlining AURA (Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft)
ADE describes the AURA as a "self defending" high speed reconnaisance UAV with a "weapon firing capability"
With the programme still in its project definition stage, the images used in the slide above are likely just representative (the tacky flag-on-underbelly routine a-la Lockheed Nighthawk with stars and stripes), though it's a definite indication of how the programme's scientists are thinking. It's all fully in line with what former DRDO chief controller for Aeronautics said in 2007: that India's combat drone would be a stealthy flying-wing concept aircraft with internal weapons and a turbofan engine.
____________________________________________________
Short Look at India's Unmanned Aircraft Vision
The IAI-HAL Naval Rotory UAV
Nishant UAV
The Nishant, as it stands of course, doesn't ever need a tarmac -- it can be launched using a truck-based mobile hydropneumatic launcher. And then Land Using parachute , making it especially usefull in the Rugged terrain on Kashmir , where Runways and Landing strips are hard to come by.
Features
- Day/night capability
- Battlefield reconnaissance & surveillance
- Target tracking and localization
- Artillery fire correction
- All terrain mobility
- Target designation (using integral laser target designator)
- Endurance: 4 h 30 min
Performance
- Maximum speed: 185 km/h
- Cruise speed: 125 km/h to 150 km/h
- Range: 160 km (100 mi)
- Service ceiling: 3,600 m (up to 11,800 ft)
