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Thanks for the confirmation.
Heron is much more advanced, long range, heavy UAV and costly also.
Indian Navy' UAV crashed close to the runway
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Thanks for the confirmation.
Heron is much more advanced, long range, heavy UAV and costly also.
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Operator error blamed for recent UAV crashes
KOCHI: The Indian Navy is one of the first few navies in the world to induct unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which enhance the force’s surveillance capability.
The Indian Naval Air Squadron 342 (INAS 342), the first UAV squadron of the Indian Navy, comprising 12 Israeli- built Herons and Searcher Mark IIs, was inducted into the Naval Air Arm in Kochi in January 2006.
The UAVs were inducted into the Navy in Kochi in early 2003 for the Intensive Flying and Trials Unit.
UAVs of the INAS 342 can be operated from any shore location and can be controlled from specially equipped ships.
They can carry out reconnaissance hundreds of miles out at sea.
There have been incidents of UAV crashes earlier. Recently, a UAV belonging to Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd crashed on the outskirts of Hosur in Karnataka.
It crashed while it was on a routine test flight. On January 31, 2010, the DRDO-developed Nishant crashlanded on an agricultural land in Bengarpet in Karnataka, following a technical snag.
In another incident, Rustom, the technology demonstrator UAV, crashed during its first sortie performance at Hosur in November 2009.
Experts are of the view that operator error is the reason for the growing number of UAV mishaps in the recent years.
KOCHI: The Indian Navy is one of the first few navies in the world to induct unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which enhance the force’s surveillance capability.
The Indian Naval Air Squadron 342 (INAS 342), the first UAV squadron of the Indian Navy, comprising 12 Israeli- built Herons and Searcher Mark IIs, was inducted into the Naval Air Arm in Kochi in January 2006.
The UAVs were inducted into the Navy in Kochi in early 2003 for the Intensive Flying and Trials Unit.
UAVs of the INAS 342 can be operated from any shore location and can be controlled from specially equipped ships.
They can carry out reconnaissance hundreds of miles out at sea.
There have been incidents of UAV crashes earlier. Recently, a UAV belonging to Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd crashed on the outskirts of Hosur in Karnataka.
It crashed while it was on a routine test flight. On January 31, 2010, the DRDO-developed Nishant crashlanded on an agricultural land in Bengarpet in Karnataka, following a technical snag.
In another incident, Rustom, the technology demonstrator UAV, crashed during its first sortie performance at Hosur in November 2009.
Experts are of the view that operator error is the reason for the growing number of UAV mishaps in the recent years.
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