Commodore Golaya is rather pleased with how this project went. He was involved with this project since its inception through the Navy's
"SPRINT" program:
Commodore Golaya is rather pleased with how this project went. He was involved with this project since its inception through the Navy's
"SPRINT" program:
NAL's sub-scale HAPS drone has completed many flight trials. So far, the system has demonstrated an endurance of more than 8.5 hours & has achieved a maximum altitude of 3, 000 m.
We got some specs of the Matangi USV:
Length: 13 m
Fuel capacity: 1200 liters
Range: 1600 km +
Hull types: Aluminum alloy hull (for ISR missions), Glass fiber reinforced composite (for MCM), Reinforced Kevlar (for ASW).
Missions: ISR, ASW, MCM
Sensors/Comms: Solid state doppler radar, possible EO/IR sights, SATCOMs, collision avoidance systems.
Weapons: 12.7 mm RCWS, Loitering munitions, Light torpedoes.
Domestically designed & manufactured except the engines.