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Mini Air Vehicles
(MAVs) and Micro Air vehicles (MICAVs) are evolving
rapidly in many forms for applications in surveillance,
detection of toxic elements, rescue, etc for defence,
security and disaster management. Evaluation of new
R&D concepts in aeronautics as well as utilisation
in agriculture and commercial sector like television
/cinema are other areas of use.
Micro Air Vehicles (MICAVs)
have been identified as a thrust area by DRDO for R&D
and has been progressed by the Special Interest Group
on Micro Air Vehicles (SIGMA) under AR&DB.
NDRF
assessed that fixed, rotary and flapping wing MICAVs
(300 mm class) have been successfully flown using remote
control by educational institutions, laboratories and
enthusiastic entrepreneurs, transmitting video imagery.
They are now moving on to autonomous control and its
integration with navigation and guidance. The need for
micro-sensors has led to work on convergence of micro,
nano, bio, info and cogno technologies. The need for
simulation and cooperative flying of MICAVs with UGVs
is stressed and finally the thrust areas for the next
five years have been suggested for aerodynamics, structures,
control, navigation, guidance, sensors (including bio
sensors), power sources, simulation and operations involving
brain-machine interface.
NATIONAL PROGRAMME
- MICRO AIR VEHICLES (NP-MICAVs) >>
THE MAV FAMILY >>
MINI / MICRO / NANO AIR VEHICLES
>>
MAVs Overview and Status in INDIA
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GOALS FOR NP-MICAV AND ROLE NDRF
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APPLICATIONS IDENTIFIED FOR
MICRO / NANO AIR VEHICLE MISSIONS >>
FIRST INDIAN FLIGHT OF THE
ORNITHOPTER 18 MARCH 2003 AT BANGALORE >>
NATIONAL FLYING COMPETITION MICRO
AIR VEHICLES HELD ON 23-27 OCTOBER 2007 AT AGRA.
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1st US-ASIAN DEMONSTRATION AND
ASSESSMENT OF MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV) AND UNMANNED GROUND
VEHICLE (UGV) – MAV 08 >>
DEMONSTRATION OF MAVS ON 7 AUGUST
2009 AT KOLAR >>
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