Indian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Developments

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Extreme cold is where most systems fail. Ours didn't.

Our SWITCH and NETRAV4PRO UAVs were recently put through rigorous flight testing and demonstrations in Fairbanks, Alaska, in collaboration with the Arctic Drone Integration Cell, 11th Airborne Division’s 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (1st IBCT), with temperatures reaching -30°F.

In one of the world's most extreme operational environments, our platforms delivered full flight endurance without compromise, a true test of what #BuiltDifferent means in practice. Personnel were also able to independently operate the systems after a short orientation, reflecting the intuitive design and field-readiness engineered into every ideaForge platform.

Extreme conditions are where design assumptions get tested and validated. These trials mark another milestone in ensuring our systems are mission-ready, anywhere operators need to deploy.
 
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I saw that the Australian Ghost Bat is being offered to India


It's surprising that American companies always offer those only whose tech is fully present in india.

Why not B-21 ? Or F-47 ? These are things we can not build in at least next 2 decade.

But ghostbat ? We already have one which is smaller version of ghost bat.


And larger(9 tonnes) can too be made. But IAF is not much interested in these type of loyal wing man(which is surprising).
 
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And larger(9 tonnes) can too be made. But IAF is not much interested in these type of loyal wing man(which is surprising).
LMAO no the IAF is interested, just doesn't have any confidence in HAL. We first need the CATS warrior to fly(HAl says 2027 but who fking knows what the actual date is).

Still this is a strategic system compared to the CATS warrior which will be the low expendable version. The CATS warrior mk2 with the 2 HTFE engines is what will compete with this system. Once again the HTFE 25KN engine hasn't been certified yet. And thats only going to fly around 2030.
 
LMAO no the IAF is interested, just doesn't have any confidence in HAL. We first need the CATS warrior to fly(HAl says 2027 but who fking knows what the actual date is).

Still this is a strategic system compared to the CATS warrior which will be the low expendable version. The CATS warrior mk2 with the 2 HTFE engines is what will compete with this system. Once again the HTFE 25KN engine hasn't been certified yet. And thats only going to fly around 2030.
Then why no fund for project ?

HAL don't have funds like boeing, nor it has talent pool, nor its authorised to behave and act like a private entity.

HAL can not go and bring the top aerospace engineers around the world( lol, not even from india) with very high packages.
 
Then why no fund for project ?

HAL don't have funds like boeing, nor it has talent pool, nor its authorised to behave and act like a private entity.

HAL can not go and bring the top aerospace engineers around the world( lol, not even from india) with very high packages.
HAL is alr doing the CATS warrior with internal funding. the IAF is more focused on the ghatak and its a-a variant. HAL does have good talent, they're just abysmal at managing projects.
 
HAL is alr doing the CATS warrior with internal funding. the IAF is more focused on the ghatak and its a-a variant. HAL does have good talent, they're just abysmal at managing projects.
If CATS warrior can be used for a2a, then it's hundred times better than ghostbat.

A flying wing will be far stealthy, with easily 4 bvr missile, it will be good to even agaisnt 6th gen.
 
Assuming your talking about the ghatak instead of the CATS warrior then yes practically a flying wing is vastly better but the issue with that is that theyre also more expensive. A single ghatak is nearly 1/2 the price of the flyaway cost of the tejas. The CATS warrior mk1 cannot have internally carrier A-A missiles. its too small. its going to be the expendable low end CCA for the IAF.

The mk2 is envisioned to be the internal bay version but that will also take some time to mature.
If CATS warrior can be used for a2a, then it's hundred times better than ghostbat.

A flying wing will be far stealthy, with easily 4 bvr missile, it will be good to even agaisnt 6th gen.
 
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If CATS warrior can be used for a2a, then it's hundred times better than ghostbat.

A flying wing will be far stealthy, with easily 4 bvr missile, it will be good to even agaisnt 6th gen.
They say India is looking at it as a gap filler, till your domestic stuff comes
It will get a2a