India's First MAV...Golden Hawk & Pushpak (Pusher)

[Trichy]

India's First MAV design Prototype developed by DRDO/HAL/ADE....

Golden Hawk & Pushpak (Pusher)

Golden Hawk

Pushpak (Pusher)

Note : From Livefist.blogspot.com in Defexpo 2010

 

[sirius_reamus]

more info on these please....!!!

 

[Trichy]

Expected in coming days...

why we not put a turbo engine on it for better range/speed then this type???

 

[al-hind]

self delete

 

[Cityboy]

plz provide more info.. and really surprised to see this thread.NO shchinese trademark troll post in this thread?

 

[jagjitnatt]

plz provide more info.. and really surprised to see this thread.NO shchinese trademark troll post in this thread?

make hay while the sun shines.

Once he comes, he'll start blabbering about how rockets from 60s in china can hit these planes and how china has 1000s of better planes and all that BS.

 

[Veer]

more info on these please....!!!

DATE:18/03/08
SOURCE:Flightglobal.com


India plans increase on MAV spending
By Rob Coppinger

India is planning an expansion of its micro air vehicle research after a decade that saw spending of $500,000.

The work to date has produced prototype fixed, rotor and flapping-wing MAVs with further work needed on a range of enabling technologies including navigation, power supply and launch and recovery.

Related government-funded research that could be applied to MAVs includes India's National Aerospace Laboratories' work on DC micromotors, lithium ion batteries, fuel cells and microwave energy sources. It is also working on microturbines that could be used for MAVs as small as 150mm (5.9in) across. Research on fluid flow through micro channels at the Indian Space Research Organisation was also identified as having MAV applications.

"I think we can now demand a bit more [than $500,000]. From this small thing [MAVs] a useful thing can be done," says Indian government advisor VJ Sundaram, speaking on 11 March at the first US-Asian demonstration and assessment of micro aerial and ground vehicle technology conference, held in Agra, India.

The Indian defence research organisations first supported MAV concepts in 1998. A study of MAVs was initiated in 2002 and a "national perspectives" report was produced in April 2003.

A decision to develop MAVs was taken in 2005 and in the same year there was an US-Indian workshop on the technology. A fixed-wing MAV project was proposed in 2006 and last year India held its first MAV competiton in Agra.

DRDO Rolls Out Multi-Purpose Micro Air Vehicles

Indian scientists from Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) are presently developing Micro Air Vehicles (MAV) for varied defence applications such as surveillance and disaster management. These MAVs are made of a unique mix of material and are not easily detectable by radars.

The research and development on the MAVs are promoted by the National Design and Research Forum (NDRF), with support of Aeronautical Research and Development Board (AR&DB), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and various private groups.

The MAV are like tiny vehicles that work like spies in sky. They weigh only 300 gms and are 300 millimetres long. Since these MAVs are not entirely made of metal and carbon fibres, they are hard to intercept by radars and sensors. These MAVs have a range of two to five kilometers and they fly some 100 to 200 metres above the ground for 30-40 minutes and capture images.

Lt. Gen (Dr) V J Sundaram, key scientist behind the MAV who was the former Director DRDO said that the MAV may be of the order of $16,000 and the sensors alone will take up 30 to 40 per cent of the cost. As of now, the MAV programme has become a national research initiative and a proposal of $19.6 million has been submitted to the Government to approach the project in an integrated manner. While MAVs will come in handy for the Indian Defence Forces, it can also be applied in other areas such as disaster management since they can be easily operated and deployed.

The Indian defence research organisations first supported MAV concepts in 1998. A study of MAVs was initiated in 2002 and a “national perspectives” report was produced in April 2003. A decision to develop MAVs was taken in 2005 and in the same year there was a US-Indian workshop on the technology. A fixed-wing MAV project was proposed in 2006. In 2008, a prototype was produced for fixed, rotor and flapping-wing MAVs and work has been going on to enable technologies including navigation, power supply and launch and recovery.

 

[Trichy]

plz provide more info.. and really surprised to see this thread.NO shchinese trademark troll post in this thread?

make hay while the sun shines.

Once he comes, he'll start blabbering about how rockets from 60s in china can hit these planes and how china has 1000s of better planes and all that BS.

no guys you don't do the same thing here plz

 

[jha]

these birds can be very good spies ....but we need soldiers out there ..even suicide bombers will do the trick for time being...what say...??

 

[Trichy]

these birds can be very good spies ....but we need soldiers out there ..even suicide bombers will do the trick for time being...what say...??

ya why we not make it as a Harpy type... its saves more human lives of ours...

 

[arslan_treen]

i think making a harpy is easy , but making this kind of re workable machine is much harder and well done to who ever made it and good luck for the program.

 

[Trichy]

MKU develops India's first indigenous UAV

U.S. - Asian Demonstration and Assessment of Micro Aerial and Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technologies during March 10 – 15, 2008 at the Jaypee Palace Hotel, Agra

MAV 2008, Agra

University Special for UAV

DELHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, DELHI (UAV)

Quadcopter

 

[policecontrolroom]

The MAV are like tiny vehicles that work like spies in sky. They weigh only 300 gms and are 300 millimetres long. Since these MAVs are not entirely made of metal and carbon fibres, they are hard to intercept by radars and sensors. These MAVs have a range of two to five kilometers and they fly some 100 to 200 metres above the ground for 30-40 minutes and capture images.

2-5 kms and just 100-200 meters.. any boy with a catapult can hit it down...

 

[LCA Tejas]

Hahahaha, is this India's new indigenous effort? Lego pieces put together? You guys crack me up...

yayaya, yippie, this chinese is going to crack up, watch out everyone, he is gonna explode out of Jealousy *KABoom*

 

[LCA Tejas]

haha not really, I was done with lego 10 years ago haha. Just seems like you're pretty p'd off that India can't produce a proper mock-up because it doesn't have the tech or know how on it.

Oh really? Then play with a new version Buddy... let us enjoy this thread, And BTW Dont explode, we cant take that explosion