DEMONSTRATION OF MAVS ON 7 AUGUST 2009 AT KOLAR

Demonstration of MAVs on 7 August 2009 near Kolar was organized for NDMA by ADE and NDRF assisted in coordination. Sri Bhattacharjee, Member, NDMA attended the demo. 4 teams participated as per details in table. The maximum distance flown from Launch Point was limited to 2 kms because of clear testing range available. All 4 teams demonstrated reliable autonomous flight and landing. The following witnessed the demo.

  1.      Sri P.S. Krishnan,                                    Director, ADE, DRDO

2.      Lt. Gen. (Dr.) V .J. Sundaram                Chairman, SIGMA, AR&DB

3.      Sri Shankaranayan                                 NAL, Member SIGMA

4.      Shri Deivasigamani                               ADE,   Member SIGMA

5.      Dr. L .V. Muralikrishna Reddy            Director, NDRF

6.      Dr. K. Ramachandra                              CEO, MICAV Project Centre, NDRF

7.      Sri Ranjan,                                               Adviser (Projects), NAL

8.      Brig. P. Kumar (Retd.)                           Tata Advanced Systems Ltd.,

9.      Sri K. Puttaswamy                                 Superintendent of Police, Kolar

Fixed Wing:

Sl.No

Organizations

Vehicle mm

Endurance mins

Maximum Distance

Video

  1.  

Aurora Systems

1500

15

1.5 km

System under upgradation

  1.  

DC  Enterprises (Member of NDRF Consortium)

1000

25

2 km

Transmitted over full mission

  1.  

Idea Forge (Mumbai)

300

25

1.5 km

Transmitted over full mission

  1.  

NAL (Bangalore)

400

20

1.5 km

Transmitted over full mission

Rotary Wing:

Sl.No

Organizations

Vehicle mm

Endurance mins

Maximum Distance

Video

  1.  

Idea Forge (Quad Copter)

300

15

Enclosed Area

Transmitted over full mission