MINI / MICRO AIR VEHICLES ( MAV /MICAVS) :
 
 
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 >>

GOALS FOR NP-MICAV AND ROLE NDRF >>

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. >>

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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