Balasore: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday conducted the successful flight test of ABHYAS, the high-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from the Interim Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-Sea in Odisha’s Balasore district.
The flight test was tracked by various radars and electro-optic systems and proved its performance in a 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 systems (MEMS)-based navigation system for its navigation and guidance.
The performance of the system was as per simulations carried out and demonstrated by the capability of ABHYAS to meet the mission requirement for a cost-effective HEAT.
