DRDO HALE UAV Program

[marich01]

Our HALE UCAV will be MQ-9B class, similar engine as well (Made already by HAL)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1945454572853506387

It looks like MQ-9 specs and weapons are spelled out. probably going to make a license mfg or consultation on same tot basis ? as far as we know, there is no way ADE got expertise to pull this off.
esp the weapons pack and asw tech, not sure if available with drdo yet.

 

[Tatvamasi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2090258904601227484

 

[Gautam]

Design & specs is very similar to the Reaper UAV:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2097644832068133234

Wonder what engine they will pick. Wish HAL had tried to make a turboprop variant of the HTSE-1200. Such an engine could have been used for the HTT-40 too.

 

[jmaxwell_]

Design & specs is very similar to the Reaper UAV:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2097644832068133234

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Wonder what engine they will pick. Wish HAL had tried to make a turboprop variant of the HTSE-1200. Such an engine could have been used for the HTT-40 too.

Is it no longer TPE 331-10?

 

[Ashwin]

Design & specs is very similar to the Reaper UAV:

Its higher than Reaper, practically gold plated. Dr. K. Rajalakshmi Menon on the above interview said the same.

Meanwhile in far away land: USAF Wants MQ-9 Reaper Successor At A Fraction Of The Cost At $10M Each

 

[Nithees1]

Its higher than Reaper, practically gold plated. Dr. K. Rajalakshmi Menon on the above interview said the same.

Meanwhile in far away land: USAF Wants MQ-9 Reaper Successor At A Fraction Of The Cost At $10M Each

considering reaper is like on the range of 30 million, this may be on the 20 - 25 Million range or 15?

 

[Gautam]

Is it no longer TPE 331-10?

For the HTT? Yeah, it is the TPE 331. There have been some delays in supply, nothing as severe as the GE engines. I was hoping that at least the BTAs would have Indian engine.

Its higher than Reaper, practically gold plated. Dr. K. Rajalakshmi Menon on the above interview said the same.

Meanwhile in far away land: USAF Wants MQ-9 Reaper Successor At A Fraction Of The Cost At $10M Each

I have seen that. This drone won't be any good as an attritable asset. But for long range high endurance surveillance missions like maritime patrol, we will still need a platform like this.

 

[Ashwin]

Bharat Forge Ltd. and Pratt & Whitney Canada today announced that they will work together to evaluate the integration of advanced turbopropengines into a high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program designed and developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).Pratt & Whitney is an RTX business.

https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachLive/babaf728-0c0d-4ee2-a646-c96fae1988eb.pdf