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DRDO's UAV test range in Chitradurga by 2011

2008-11-02 Unmaned Air Vehicles (UAV's) soaring over Chitradurga skies will soon be a familiar sight, as the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will establish a world class aero test range facility at Kudapura Kaval, near Chitradurga city, in three years.

Speaking to reporters at the 'Aerosem 2008' on Friday, Chief Controller (Research and Development), Dr Prahlada, said that the test range facility at Kudapura Kaval to be set up at a cost of Rs 1000 crore will be used to test UAV’s, parachutes and bombs.

"The Karnataka government has agreed in-principle to allot 4,200 acres of land and the Ministry of Defence will purchase the land at a cost of Rs 12 crore,” he said.On the indigenous UAV's Nishant and Lakshya developed by the DRDO, he said that a roadmap will be prepared to meet the requirements of the armed forces.

Besides, he said that the State government had evinced interest in the Nishant for possible use against insurgency.

Prahlada said that the State Home Minister VS Acharya who inaugurated ‘Aerosem 2008’ had enquired about the capabilities of Nishant and if it could be used in insurgency operations.

Kaveri engine for LCA in 2009 The much-delayed indigenous Kaveri engine will be fitted to the Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas) as the engine has successfully completed all air-worthy tests, said T Mohana Rao, Director, Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE).

The GTRE is manufacturing the Kaveri engine and the programme had begun way back in 1998."The latest test that was conducted in Russia in September has yielded positive results and we are hopeful to fit the engine to the LCA by the end of 2009," he said.

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