New Delhi:
India successfully completed the first flight-trial of a stratospheric aircraft platform, which is being developed to promote army monitoring capabilities. Officials said that very few countries of the world have developed such a complex platform.
The flight test was conducted by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh.
DRDO president Sameer V Kamat said that the prototype flight is a “milestone” that is towards the receipt of a light-to-high-high-high platform system that may be airing for a very long endurance in stratospheric heights.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the aircraft platform was launched with an instrumental payload at an altitude of about 17 km.
The successful flight tests of the forum came between India and Pakistan amidst increasing tension amidst the Pahgam terror attack.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO for the successful girl’s flying-testing.
He said that this system would specificly enhance India’s Earth observation and intelligence, monitoring and reconnaissance abilities, making the country one of the few countries in the world, which has such indigenous abilities.
The Ministry of Defense said, “DRDO successfully completed the first flight-protections of the Stratospheric Aircraft platform from the Sheopur test site in Madhya Pradesh on 3 May.”
Developed by the Agra-based aerial distribution research and development establishment, the aircraft was launched to carry an instrumental payload at an altitude of about 17 km.
The ministry said in a statement, “Data was obtained from onboard sensors and will be used for the development of high quality loyalty simulation models for future high-high aircraft flights.”
He said, “Inhale pressure control and emergency deflation system was deployed in the flight to evaluate his performance. The trial team recovered the system for further investigation. The total duration of the flight was about 62 minutes,” said this.
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