In midway deal, India seeks high end technology information from its armed UAV program

[proud_indian]

https://twitter.com/x/status/773878581562789888

 

[jha]

New System Spotted On Rustom II MALE As First Flight Looms

He is claiming that Rustom-II may fly for the first time this month...

 

[proud_indian]

EXCLUSIVE: New System Spotted On Rustom II MALE As First Flight Looms

LIVEFIST·THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

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Not seen before on any earlier mock-up or on the single existing prototype, spotted a new sensor payload on the belly of the Rustom II MALE UAV, likely its synthetic aperture radar. This was at a two day technology seminar and exhibition, North Tech Symposium at Headquarters Northern Command, Udhampur, J&K today.

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The Rustom II is expected to make its first flight this month. Scooped this image of the Rustom II UAV during preparatory ground tests at its test base in Southern India, where it will make its debut flight soon.

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[Ali Zadi]

From afar it looks like a big old plane rather than a new UAV

 

[jha]

Yes, MTCR Membership Means India Can Actually Get The Predator Drones From USA

 

[PARIKRAMA]

Originally Rustom 2 flight test was scheduled in July end and august first couple of days. It was suppose to do a taxi run and see if it can do a take off if the confidence level is high.

That got cancelled at the last moment as checks revealed the overweight angle as well as the fact that its crossing the requirement by over 33% meaning endurance angle will be much lower than stated 36 hours+.

Livefist has a habit of lying for all the wrong reasons.
@proud_indian
This was the pic livefist posted

and now look at this

http://idrw.org/ade-confident-of-the-first-flight-of-rustom-ii-mid-this-year/



Zoom pic only makes it blurry. Notice the date. i dont know why Livefist is reuploading old pics and watermarking them to say its exclusive to theirs.

On the sensor package, again livefist is spreading a misinformation. Its true there will be payload packages for recon missions and more so its getting developed and fine tuned bcz we need such packages for our UAVs. But Rustom2 package is not new

This is an old drawing based on which scaled model was made for exhibitions

Notice the dark green colored package.


For a long time we struggled with the engine thats there in Rustom 2. The engine was sub 100 bhp whereas requirement was 150 bhp + and finally some efforts were made to get 185+bhp engines under a tender in DRDO. On top financial constraints are there and even now it hampers the development process.

 

[proud_indian]

@PARIKRAMA

https://twitter.com/x/status/773997375794868224