Last of the four Nishants in service Crashes

[Windjammer]

Army sources said the UAV, the last of the four inducted in 2011, crashed near Pokhran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan.

NEW DELHI: There were meant to be the eyes and ears of the Indian Army - a state of the art unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) meant to give Army commanders high definition images of a battlefield, help designate targets, and provide Electronic and Signal Intelligence information.

Instead, the home-grown Nishant UAV, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is a flop with all four aircraft in service with the Indian Army having crashed. And now, the Army has had enough. They want no more Nishant drones from the DRDO. Each drone had cost the Army Rs. 22 crore.

The last of the four Nishants in service with the Army went down near the Pokhran range in Rajasthan today. According to Army sources, "Today's crash is due to a technical glitch." Just 15 days back, another Nishant had gone down, also for a technical reason. Earlier in April, two other Nishant drones had crash landed near the India-Pakistan border near Jaisalmer.

Under development for two decades, the Nishant, designed to fly for four and a half hours, was first inducted into the Indian Army in 2011 after successfully completing confirmatory trials. Launched by a catapult system, the Nishant is recovered after it deploys a parachute at the end of the each mission.

For their part, the DRDO has blamed the user for poor handling of the system, a point categorically denied by the Army.

The DRDO was banking on the success of the Nishant drone and was also developed a wheeled version of the system called the Panchi. The future of this programme now remains unclear.

India's armed forces uses a variety of UAVs including Israeli built Heron and Searcher aircraft which are larger and significantly more capable that the Nishant in its present state of development. A smaller drone, called the Nethra which was developed by graduates of the Indian Institute of Technology is also in use with the forces and is widely used by police and paramiltiary forces and the National Disaster Relief Force.

Homegrown Nishant Drone's Perfect Crash Record

 

[ArsalanKhan21]

Instead, the home-grown Nishant UAV, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is a flop with all four aircraft in service with the Indian Army having crashed. And now, the Army has had enough. They want no more Nishant drones from the DRDO. Each drone had cost the Army Rs. 22 crore.

So much for the false Indian claims of their "indeginous" weapons while blaming Pakistan to paint its weapons. Seems like India is eating its word by painting new drones from overseas.

 

[Chanakyaa]

>> Launched by a catapult system, the Nishant is recovered after it deploys a parachute at the end of the each mission.

For People who Can Understand.

 

[Windjammer]

So much for the false Indian claims of their "indeginous" weapons while blaming Pakistan to paint its weapons. Seems like India is eating its word by painting new drones from overseas.

Yup, importing everything from basic trainers to armed drones and anything with Indian contribution is either crashing, having service issues or simply making dead lines but calling Pakistani products a paint job gives Indian solace.

 

[xyxmt]

from the looks of it it seems like some local welders put it together, a pure kabarya look

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Yup, importing everything from basic trainers to armed drones and anything with Indian contribution is either crashing, having service issues or simply making dead lines but calling Pakistani products a paint job gives Indian solace.

You can keep whining and chest beating as much as you like
While INDIA keeps MOVING forward

So much jealousy is not good for your health

>> Launched by a catapult system, the Nishant is recovered after it deploys a parachute at the end of the each mission.

For People who Can Understand.

The Next gen version of Nishant is getting ready

Its name is Panchi
DRDO conducts maiden test-flight of Panchi - The Hindu

 

[Windjammer]

You can keep whining and chest beating as much as you like
While INDIA keeps MOVING forward

So much jealousy is not good for your health

Keep repeating the same lines in every thread and who knows even you might start believing in it.

 

[Maarkhoor]

>> Launched by a catapult system, the Nishant is recovered after it deploys a parachute at the end of the each mission.

For People who Can Understand.

You want to say even you can't perfect parashute recovery in 20 years.?

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Keep repeating the same lines in every thread and who knows even you might start believing in it.

We believe in ourselves that is why we are MOVING Forward as a Nation

The progress is RAPID in some fields and slow in others

BTW do you believe your country can achieve ANYTHING that INDIA has TODAY
even THIRTY years from NOW

 

[Maarkhoor]

You can keep whining and chest beating as much as you like
While INDIA keeps MOVING forward

So much jealousy is not good for your health



The Next gen version of Nishant is getting ready

Its name is Panchi
DRDO conducts maiden test-flight of Panchi - The Hindu

Army cancel the order DRDO blame IA for poor training they called DRDO official for test and NIshat ashaant ho gaya probably they kick the b,,,, of DRDO official and cancel the order.

 

[xyxmt]

The Next gen version of Nishant is getting ready

Its name is Panchi
DRDO conducts maiden test-flight of Panchi - The Hindu

the way it works is that the first version should work first then next version is the improvements

 

[Maarkhoor]

the way it works is that the first version should work first then next version is the improvements

Mk one fail mk2 bana lo boht easy hey Govt ko uloo banana, abhey first version fail tu dosra double fail ho gha.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Army cancel the order DRDO blame IA for poor training they called DRDO official for test and NIshat ashaant ho gaya probably they kick the b,,,, of DRDO official and cancel the order.

Incoherent post ; cant understand

the way it works is that the first version should work first then next version is the improvements

The first version was not wheeled it had to be launched with a catapult and recovered
using parachutes

Hence this wheeled version

 

[Maarkhoor]

DRDO's two-decade-old Nishant UAV programme crashes; Indian Army cancels further orders

NEW DELHI: A two-decade-old Rs 90 cr Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programme has proved a dud, with the Indian Army shelving the system and cancelling any further orders after three of the four systems supplied by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) ended up in crashes. As a result, DRDO may need to write off a Rs 5 crore overspend it incurred on the project in the hope of recovering the money from the maintenance and servicing of the systems.
The Nishant UAV programme, which has been in the works since 1995, was launched with the aim of providing the Army with indigenous systems for reconnaissance and intelligence gathering. While four of the UAVs were inducted in 2011 after a long delay, at least three are confirmed to have crashed. The last one went down on November 4 in Jaisalmer
According to documents accessed by ET, the Army has now told DRDO that it will not need any additional Nishant systems, junking phase II of the programme under which eight more UAVs were to be delivered. The first phase of the programme cost Rs 90 cr. "The user has stated that there is no requirement of additional Nishant UAV systems, therefore the phase 2 of the project is closed and no more funds are going to come for this project," a letter sent to the Aeronautical Development Establishment
DRDO's two-decade-old Nishant UAV programme crashes; Indian Army cancels further orders - The Economic Times

 

[rockstar08]

best of luck in future