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HAL Secures Supply Order For ‘ABHYAS’ Aerial Target Platform From DRDO

ABHYAS, being developed at Aeronautical Development Establishment, offers a realistic threat scenario for practice of weapon systems.

New Delhi: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has recently secured an order for manufacturing, assembly, integration, testing and supply of High Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) System known as 'ABHYAS' from Aeronautical Development Establishment, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

“HAL secured an order for manufacturing, assembly, integration, testing and supply of 'High Speed Expendable Aerial Target' system known as ABHYAS from ADE, DRDO. @drajaykumar_ias@DefProdnIndia@SpokespersonMoD@gopalsutar@DRDO_India,” the premier aeronautical complex in Asia having expertise in design, production, repair, overhaul and upgrade of aircraft and helicopters said in a tweet.

ABHYAS, being developed at Aeronautical Development Establishment, offers a realistic threat scenario for practice of weapon systems.

ABHYAS is designed for autonomous flying with the help of an autopilot under development at Aeronautical Development Establishment - a key aeronautical systems design house involved in the design and development of the state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Aeronautical Systems and technologies to meet the requirements of the Indian armed forces.

ABHYAS, which was successfully flight tested earlier on May 13, 2019, from a test range in Odisha, has RCS, Visual and IR augmentation systems required for weapon practice.

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