Flight test of ABHYAS conducted in Odisha’s Chandipur

Sambad English Bureau Published On : May 13, 2019 at 8:45 PM

Balasore: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted successful flight test of ABHYAS – High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from Interim Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha’s Balasore district today.

The flight test was tracked by various Radars and Electro Optic Systems and proved its performance in fully autonomous waypoint navigation mode.

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The configuration of ABHYAS is designed on an in-line small gas turbine engine and uses indigenously developed MEMS based navigation system for its navigation and guidance.

The performance of the system was as per simulations carried out and demonstrated the capability of ABHYAS to meet the mission requirement for a cost effective HEAT.