Ghatak and Rustom Indigenous UAV Programs

[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.