India Solar defence Industries: Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi visited the headquarters of Solar Industries India Limited in Nagpur. He went there with other Navy officers and was welcomed by Satyanarayan Nuwal, the Chairman of the company. During the visit, Admiral Tripathi looked closely at how Solar makes different defence products.
“It’s really eye-opening to see what progress has been made by Solar (Solar Group) in the last 14-15 years. As far as the synergy between the public and private sectors in the defence ecosystem is concerned, it is a must because some public sector companies have been working in this field for many decades, and private companies are relatively new. So there is a need for them to talk to each other, learn from each other,” Admiral Tripathi told ANI.
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Chairman Satyanarayan Nuwal talked about what they showed the Navy Chief during the visit. He said “Today, we mainly showed our facility with drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). We showed the composite manufacturing unit of UAS. We also showed Bhargavastra (Counter-Unmanned Aerial System) to them…This counter-drone system is a significant thing…Considering present situations, we learned that the biggest need is for long-range missiles. We have already presented a proposal in this regard…”
On the same day, Solar’s defence division called Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited, or SDAL, successfully tested a new drone called Rudrastra. The trial happened at the Pokhran Firing Range and followed the performance rules given by the Indian Army. Rudrastra is a hybrid drone that can take off and land like a helicopter and also fly forward like an airplane.
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During the trial, the drone took off vertically and flew more than 50 kilometers with a strong video link the whole time. It completed a full mission and came back to the same place it started from. It stayed in the air for almost one and a half hours and covered over 170 kilometers total, including loitering over the target area.
One of the most important parts of the trial was when the drone dropped a special warhead. This warhead was made to hit enemy troops or light vehicles. It exploded in the air just before hitting the ground, which made it spread out more and hit a wider area. The test proved that the warhead works well and that the drone can be used for serious strike missions.
