UAV Panchi displayed at Aero India 2015
Panchi the wheeled version of UAV Nishant displayed at Aero India 2015 show has all the surveillance capabilities.
BALASORE: India carried out maiden flight testing of Panchi, at Kolar test facility in Karnataka. The maiden flight of the unmanned aircraft lasted about 20 minutes and was successful. Wednesday’s flight was preceded by a series of high speed taxi trials.
Designed and developed by Pune based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a unit of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Panchi UAV has autonomous flight capabilities and is controlled from a user friendly Ground Control Station (GCS).
The aircraft has a jam resistant command link and digital down link for transmission of imagery. While its length is about 4.63 meter and wingspan 6.57 meter, it weighs around 380 kg. Travelling at a maximum speed of 185 km/hour, it can cruise at a speed of 125 km/hour to 150 km/hour with a service ceiling of 3,600 meter.
UAV Panchi displayed at Aero India 2015
Panchi the wheeled version of UAV Nishant displayed at Aero India 2015 show has all the surveillance capabilities.
BALASORE: India carried out maiden flight testing of Panchi, at Kolar test facility in Karnataka. The maiden flight of the unmanned aircraft lasted about 20 minutes and was successful. Wednesday’s flight was preceded by a series of high speed taxi trials.
Designed and developed by Pune based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a unit of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Panchi UAV has autonomous flight capabilities and is controlled from a user friendly Ground Control Station (GCS).
The aircraft has a jam resistant command link and digital down link for transmission of imagery. While its length is about 4.63 meter and wingspan 6.57 meter, it weighs around 380 kg. Travelling at a maximum speed of 185 km/hour, it can cruise at a speed of 125 km/hour to 150 km/hour with a service ceiling of 3,600 meter.