Beautiful interview, thanks to Sourav and Mr. Y Dilip, lot of information is shared here.
Archer NG related tender came out today, with iteration. its for the landing gear (for 1.8 ton uav)
Nashik noisy drone again flying recently
PKS in his blog has clearly mentioned the Archer-ng IS the Heron mk in. IAI and ade/hal have an industrial partnership agreement signed and it is the heron mk 2 being manufactured as archer ng. The resemblance is uncanny and specs are exactly the same. It makes one wonder what is the truth ..... can ADE actually design and manufacture and fly an MALE uav in 4 years ..assuming the program started around 2018 if not later.
Something is not right. The airframe could be a direct tot from IAI and some adaptable components come from Tapas, engine will be the Rotax 915i for now or tye ARDE 180 hp.
Not sure, need moreinformation to be certain.
Something is not right. The airframe could be a direct tot from IAI and some adaptable components come from Tapas, engine will be the Rotax 915i for now or tye ARDE 180 hp.
Not sure, need moreinformation to be certain.
The 180hp engine related tender came out just a while ago recently. Imo definitely some joint work/work share is there for this project as its a weaponised version. So it will have some stuff borrowed from Tapas & put in IAI airframe etc. I did not post the whole doc before , it had a lot of archer related descriptions, tech spec, iteration like above.
PKS has over the years has clearly demonstrated he writes fiction.
Can't be because Heron is too expensive. so I think a 'heavily inspired' design with indigenous components at half the price is what Archer is trying to do. Which makes sense because our requirements are massive.
Sir, would you kindly share the full document, would love to know the full details about Archer NG. The little thats in public domain shows that's it would be just the perfect MALE uav for India for both isr amd weaponised roles, plus being contemporary in design and with a 200hp engine it might surpass the Heron mk2 in related performance metrics !!!
This uav has the potential to put us on par with our beloved neighbours.
Deleted it, never keep tender documents & not supposed to tbh. Besides spec charts, drawing are very sensitive in nature for outsiders like us. Good thing is this being a weaponised version it will likely get quicker induction & a lot of certified subsystems from Tapas program will shorten dev timescale. During AAV 2023 seminar they pleaded for at least 1 uav induction, hopefully that happens.
