EXCLUSIVE: First Official Impressions Of India's AURA UCAV

[Water Car Engineer]

 

[CarbonD]

It can carry only 2 missiles thats lame

 

[Adnan Faruqi]

How its official???

 

[KRAIT]

It can carry only 2 missiles thats lame

Atleast it has 2...i was thinking this project will turn into Lakshya drone...

 

[manofwar]

It can carry only 2 missiles thats lame

2 heavy missiles is actually very good........
Even predator can't carry more than 2 hellfire missiles at a time............and I am guessing will be NAG or HELINA since they are of similiar weight category.......

 

[Water Car Engineer]

How its official???

The computer images here are the first ever images from the official design phase of India's AURA unmanned strike air vehicle (USAV), a stealthy flying-wing UCAV that the Aeronautical Development Establishment describes as an "unmanned bomber".

These images posted here for the first time were part of a key-note presentation that DRDO chief Dr Vijay Saraswat made in Sweden last month at the Aerospace Forum. The presentation indicates that the USAV is to be ready for operations by 2020, incorporating the country's flying wing design, flying wing controls, radar absorbent paint and a serpentine air intake. Important to note that Dassault Aviation, which leads the nEUROn programme, and Saab -- in charge of overall design -- have both offered to assist DRDO in their unmanned programmes (BAE Systems has separately offered to assist too).

From shivs blog

 

[Skull and Bones]

Desi version of Dassault Neuron.

 

[manofwar]

Desi version of Dassault Neuron.

What are you talking about??? This thing can kick nEUROn's @$$.....

 

[KRAIT]

We haven't made a prototype, people are talking about kicking nEUROn's a**.....That's some leap...

 

[Dash]

Its exactly like Neuron....but going by records I wouldnt bet its the final design..

 

[Basanti]

Its exactly like Neuron....but going by records I wouldnt bet its the final design..

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Ofcourse not, wait a few more years for IAF to change their requirements.

 

[Firemaster]

DRDO Y U No bring a design for which there is not any look-a-like in this world.

 

[nomi007]

tejas take 30 to compltete
when will AURA UCAV complete

 

[Abingdonboy]

tejas take 30 to compltete
when will AURA UCAV complete

What a simplistic and ignorant statement that mirrors a simple and ignorant poster. The reason the LCA took so long is because at the start there were very little funds allocated to the LCA program, there was 0 technical base- India had never undertaken such a build, numoerous US sanctions post 1998 meant the program all but ground to a halt. The program has effectively been playing catch up since ~2003 to do 10+ years worth of work in a limited time period. Added to that constantly shifitng IAF requirements. The 30 year time period is a myth perpetuated by you fools who like to criticise anything Indian and the real time period is more like 19 years. The EFT program is actually older than the LCA's. Similar reasons lay behind Arjun's delays. But having said that it is an enormous achivment of India's that it has been able to devlop such an danced 4.5+ fighter with such little know how and funds and an achivment not many other nations can boast or achieve.

 

[KRAIT]

DRDO Y U No bring a design for which there is not any look-a-like in this world.

If entire world uses round tyres we should start using square ones.....this design fits the best...