SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG
Corporate video of Larsen & Toubro Defence for the first time showcased its foray into Unmanned Aerial Systems & Targets system. L&T TUAV a Medium Altitude Long Endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) was developed to cater to the needs of the Indian MoD and the Indian Armed Forces for UAVs and Targets through technological alliances with OEMs and in-house development as per L&T statement.
L&T claims that it has successfully demonstrated its capability to manufacture UAV Air frames and other subsystems and are actively pursuing similar programs for MoD, Research Labs, and Indian Armed Forces.
L&T TUAV features are similar to the DRDO developed Rustom-1 which for some reason has completely gone off the radar, while we continue to import MALE Class UAVs from Israel. As per specifications, TUAV has better payload carrying capacity and even the Max take-off weight is on the higher side which means increased Max. endurance. TUAV also features Automatic take-off/landing from the standard runway at 10,500 ft. with a full payload and is built on NATO STANAG 4671 standard which is UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AIRWORTHINESS REQUIREMENTS (USAR) and also designed for Indian conditions.
Some of the features of L&T TUAV
System Description :
2 Aerial Vehicles
Payload Suite
Gimballed Electro-optic/Infrared (EO/IR) camera
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Electronic Warfare Support Measures (ESM)
1 Ground Control Station
1 Ground Data Terminal
2 Remote Video Terminals
Key Specifications :
Max take-off weight – 700 kg
Wingspan – 15 m
Max. payload – 140 kg
Max. endurance – 11 hours
Maximum speed – 60 m/s (115 knots)
Service ceiling – 7.6 km (25,000 feet)
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