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Abhyas – a High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT)

June 30, 2022
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In news– India has successfully flight-tested ABHYAS –A High speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. 

About ABHYAS-

  • Abhyas has been developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a Bengaluru-based facility of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
  • Abhyas – an originally Sanskrit word for practice or preparatory exercise, offers a realistic threat scenario for practice of various weapon systems and has been designed for autonomous flying with the help of an autopilot system onboard.
  • It was developed by adopting DRDO’s Lakshya,  its high-speed target drone system.
  • The first launch of ABHYAS was held in Chitradurga Aeronautical Testing Range in 2012.
  • The air vehicle was launched using twin under-slung boosters which provide the initial acceleration to the vehicle. 
  • It is powered by a small gas turbine engine to sustain a long endurance flight at high subsonic speed. 
  • The target aircraft is equipped with Micro-Electromechanical Systems-based Inertial Navigation System for navigation along with the Flight Control Computer for guidance and control.
  • It is also equipped with Indigenous Radio Altimeter for very low altitude flight and Data Link for encrypted communication between the Ground Control Station and Target Aircraft. 
  • The aircraft is programmed for a fully autonomous flight, meaning that it flies under the control of automatic systems and needs no intervention from a human pilot.
  • Abhyas has Radar cross-section (RCS), Visual and IR augmentation systems required for weapon practice.
  • Its fuselage consists of five sections, namely the nose cone, equipment bay, fuel tank bay, air intake bay and tail cone.
  • The vehicle can be used as a target for evaluation of various missile systems.

Aeronautical Development Establishment-

  • It is a laboratory of India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO). 
  • Located in Bangalore, its primary function is research and development in the field of military aviation.
  • Its successful projects include- 
    • Lakshya (an aerial target). 
    • Nishant (a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle).
    • Nirbhay(a subsonic cruise missile).
    • Flight simulators for (LCA, Ajit, Kiran, Mig-21) and 
    • Avionics packages for Tejas-LCA (display and FCC). 
  • It earlier worked on Sparrow (mini-UAV) and Ulka (aerial target).
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