ABHYAS

Sept. 23, 2020

The successful flight test of ABHYAS - High-speed Expendable Aerial Target was conducted by Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO from the Interim Test Range, Balasore in Odisha.

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  • During the trials, two demonstrator vehicles were successfully test flown. The vehicle can be used as target for evaluation of various missile systems.

  • Abhyas is designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment of

  • The air vehicle is launched using twin underslung booster. It is powered by a small gas turbine engine and has MEMS based Inertial Navigation System for navigation along with the Flight Control Computer for guidance and control.

  • The vehicle is programmed for fully autonomous flight. The check-out of air vehicle is done using laptop based Ground Control Station.

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