INDIA TO BUY PREDATOR - UAVs FROM THE US Flashcards
DEFENCE ACQUISITION COUNCIL APPROVED
PREDATOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
FROM ………..INDIA IS PROCURRING THIS
GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEM
COST OVER
$ 3 BILLION
THE MQ 9 UAV HAS ENDURANCE OVER
27 HRS + SPEED OF 240 KTS
THE MARITIME VARIANT - MQ 9 UAV ALSO KNOWN AS
SEA GUARDIAN
ENDURANCE - 30 HRS
DEFENCE ACQUISITION COUNCIL FORMED IN
2001
DRONE ARE DIVIDED INTO …….CATEGORIES
FIVE
BASED ON THEIR WEIGHT
NUMBER OF UAV FOR ARMY
08
NUMBER OF UAV FOR NAVY
15
NUMBER OF UAV FOR IAF
08
TOTAL NO. OF MQ 9 INDIA IS GETTING
31
DRONE MADE JOINTLY BY INDIA AND US
ALUAV = AIR LAUNCHED UNMMANNED VEHICLE
WHEN DID INDIA AND US SIGN TO MAKE DRONE JOINTLY
2021 - UNDER JOINT WORKING GRP AIR SYATEMS + DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE INITIATIVE
THE ALUAV IS LAUNCHED FROM AN AIRCRAFT KNOWN AS
C130J AIRCRAFT
WHO WERE INVOLVE IN MAKING OF AULAV FOM BOTH SIDE
INDIA - BENGALURU BASED AERONNAUTICAL DEVELPMENT ESTABLISHMENT
US - AEROSPACE SUSYSTEM DIRECTORATE AT - AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY