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[Water Car Engineer]

So, they found out the obvious, that the current engine configuration, layout isnt the most efficient design.

They're going to a twin boom single engine design. A lot of time wasted.

 

[X_Killer]

what is the status of
IAI-HAL NRUAV - Joint India-Israel UAV Program

Scrapped

 

[$@rJen]

Official Update of India’s Ghatak UCAV Project
Published April 20, 2017

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK

As per official information sourced from Annual report of Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) compiled together by idrw.org on India’s Ghatak UCAV project, Preliminary Air Staff Qualitative Requirements (PSQR) by Indian Air Force Head Quarters was finalised on 10th June 2016.

The government of India has sanctioned Rs.231.00 crores on 13th May 2016 to carry out “Design of GHATAK and Development of Critical Advanced Technologies for GHATAK and AMCA”. Major technologies to be developed under this lead-in project are broadly classified under five technology areas are defined below.

a) Model-Based Systems Engineering
(MBSE)
(b) Autonomous flight control
technologies
(c) Aerodynamics and Propulsion
technologies
(d) Stealth computations,
measurements, structures &
materials
(e) Technologies for GHATAK systems

Scale Models and RCS Reductions Trials

ADA plans to develop 1/6th scaled flight model of GHATAK, to test technologies like control law for flying wing, fluidic thrust vectoring and stealth materials.TRLs of critical advanced technologies like a conformal antenna, SAR, EO/IR, FADS to be tested and to be improved and adapted for GHATAK.

Full-scale GHATAK RCS model will also be developed to evaluate RCS hot spots and also to enable RCS reduction at ORANGE facility in Dundigal near Hyderabad.

The orange facility is an open (outdoor) configuration with a range that’s capable of addressing the requirements of a full-scale vehicle. The Pylon system is capable of lifting payloads up to 35 tonnes by a height of 10 meters above ground, necessary for aerial targets.

Power Plant

GTRE had submitted a draft CCS proposal for the development of a Dry engine for the GHATAK along with “In-principle” approval of GHATAK Program to ADA. After getting clearance from MoD and MoF, the draft was submitted by GTRE to the PMO.

Official Clearance Pending

At the moment no GHATAK aircraft program has been sanctioned to ADA and only funds for developing advanced Technologies have been sanctioned. Using these funds some of the critical technologies will be developed within the country through sponsored projects.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

 

[Water Car Engineer]

They're currently making 1:1 models of AMCA and Ghatak. It's design's RCS will be analyzed extensively.

 

[RPK]

Single engine ? I like to have two engine configuration in Ghatak to have higher payload

 

[Śakra]

What happened to AURORA?

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

What happened to AURORA?

Renamed it to Ghatak

 

[Śakra]

Renamed it to Ghatak

Ghatak is such an ugly name. Who comes up with these stupid ideas?? Bombay-->Mumbai, Gurgaon-->Gurugram, AURA-->Ghatak.

 

[X_Killer]

What happened to AURORA?

There is nothing like AURORA.
Correct yourself, its AURA

 

[Hindustani78]

People gather near the missile Lakshya, the advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that crashed near Baliapal in Balasore district on Friday. PTI Photo

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/uav-lakshya-crashes-in-odisha-4622757/

A pilotless target aircraft (PTA) called ‘Lakshya’ crashed in a paddy field in Baliapal block of Balasore district today. There was no casualty or damage to property, Superintendent of Police Niti Sekhar said. “It was a routine trial and part of training exercises. It was inert. No issue of concern,” a senior DRDO official at Chandipur near here said.

A team from the Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal would come to the accident site to collect debris and investigate the incident, the DRDO official said. Policemen cordoned off the site in Chandmani village as per instructions from senior officers, Baliapal inspector-in-charge Surendra Beuria said.

PTA ‘Lakshya’ is a reusable aerial target system. It is operated with the help of a remote from the ground to provide aerial target for training of pilots of all three services, DRDO officials said.

The PTAs entered service in November 2000 at the Interim Test Range (ITR), Chandipur. ‘Lakshya’ was operational with the IAF and the Indian Navy by April 2002. It is powered by a single PTAE-7 turbojet engine designed and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Bangalore.

 

[Bad Guy]

Renamed it to Ghatak

Ghatak is such an ugly name. Who comes up with these stupid ideas?? Bombay-->Mumbai, Gurgaon-->Gurugram, AURA-->Ghatak.

Ghatak is engine name, UCAV name is still AURA (Autonomous Unmanned Research Vehicle).

 

[Vertiti Scrutator]

Ghatak is engine name, UCAV name is still AURA (Autonomous Unmanned Research Vehicle).

Technically AURA was the name given to the 'feasibility' study project. As such AURA is done/complete.

Ghatak seems to be the place holder name for now; it could change when the project is officially sanctioned. Right now they're just working on proving some technology components.

 

[Bad Guy]

Technically AURA was the name given to the 'feasibility' study project. As such AURA is done/complete.

Ghatak seems to be the place holder name for now; it could change when the project is officially sanctioned. Right now they're just working on proving some technology components.

Ghatak is engine name man! For dry version of K10.

 

[Vertiti Scrutator]

Ghatak is engine name man! For dry version of K10.

Sure. But they've used Ghatak to describe the UCAV also, as in using the name interchageably between the engine and the UCAV. The actual name of the UCAV will be different for sure - Ghatak seems to be the placeholder name for almost everything in DRDO!!!