DRDO successfully conducts Flight Test of ABHYAS

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New Delhi : Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted successful flight test of ABHYAS – High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT)- from Interim Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha on May 13, 2019. The flight test was tracked by various Radars & Electro Optic Systems and proved its performance in fully autonomous way point navigation mode.

The configuration of ABHYAS is designed on an in-line small gas turbine engine and uses indigenously developed Micro-Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) based navigation system for its navigation and guidance. The performance of the system was as per simulations carried out and demonstrated the capability of ABHYAS to meet the mission requirement for a cost effective HEAT, according to a PIB release.