Ghatak and Rustom Indigenous UAV Programs
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"Under testing". It's not speaking about any particular machine or design.
The stupidity to ask how many countries do this after admitting its like a college project is something.
If you are referring to a production ready UCAV then hold your horses. Thats not happening in this decade except in your day dreams.
Regarding the question of how many countries engage in activities such as SSBN, UCAV, or ASAT, only the top 5-6 countries have attempted these. Other countries may not be interested or face political complications. Therefore, it is childish to compare to nations that have never attempted such activities. If there were a global arms race without alliances and restrictions, in a decade, a few dozen countries would operate these technologies. It is not a lack of skill or money, but rather a lack of will and necessity.
You should be celebrating when a product is entering service by offsetting the need of importing. That is an achievement.
DRDO couldn't deliver a single UAV to the forces after two decades of developments. Yet here you are celebrating a college project and selling us dreams.
So let me get this. If a college student in India flies a f22 look alike, that means we can build the f22?
Comparing a stealth autonomous flying wing with a college project is nothing but sheer disdain towards our scientists.
I hope we make a production variant of SWiFT along with the full-on scaled up variant. In future, this mastery of flying wing aerodynamics and control shall give birth to our VLO bomber.
I hope we make a production variant of SWiFT along with the full-on scaled up variant. In future, this mastery of flying wing aerodynamics and control shall give birth to our VLO bomber.
No, thats exactly the point. There is nothing much to celebrate for a college project from a lab which failed to deliver anything.
From tho shall not question fuhrer, now to scientists ?
Yes, there is huge part of incompetency in DRDO and their workforce. Skilled and ambitious takes flight to better R&D ecosystem anyway. From mediocre talent you get mediocre result.
This government has done squat to improve R&D in this country. Funding is actually decreasing. There is no love for these "scientists".
there is some merit in what he says even though it might look like a overstretch.
Most of the tech innovation begins at grass root and they provide a solid supply of talent for institutions & companies. If a college student couldnt build a small plane and make it fly , then dont expect a company to build a real world plane successfully even though it might have more resources.
It's more about engineering and aviation culture. I have an engineer friend who, after moving to the US, became so involved in activities like RC planes and aircraft simulators. He gets so much joy from these side projects.
Done.
Now, waiting for eulogy writings on Twitter.
Failures are the pillars of success. Hope we succeed this time around.
Hellfire said this long back.
Modi just paying back to Adani.
If 30,000 feet & 24 hour was indeed the only requirement and Tapas has been removed from Mission Mode for failing to adhere to the same, then logic dictates going for Heron Mk2s.
A platform we are familiar with for years.
Not Hermes 900.
Waah mudi ji waah.
Not sure about that. ADE dug their grave themselves. Better be happy about that there is viable alternative with licence production.
Yes, he was attacked for it by the desi only boys of Twitter.
My only concern is against the Elbit product.
We can get licence assembly of Heron Mk2 with HAL and development of Archer NG throught ToT with DRDO. Why bring in a new platform for the same role which is less capable? Just to benefit Adani?
Every time we've failed, we have came back stronger. Archer-NG is going to be a success, mark my words.
BMD, ASAT, ICBMs, DEW, BVRs, SAMs and so on....keep on hating.
These didn't face many failure, thanks to our missile man APJ.