Question: which of the following statements are correct?
a) SAHAYAK-NG is India’s first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container.
b) It was developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with partnership of local industries.
i) a
ii) b
iii) a and b
iv) None of the above.
Answer: iii)
Context
- Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO along with Indian Navy has conducted the successful maiden test trial of SAHAYAK-NG.
Facts
- SAHAYAK-NG is India’s first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container.
- It was dropped from IL 38SD aircraft of Indian Navy off the coast of Goa.
- It will enhance Indian Navy’s operational logistics capabilities and provide critical engineering stores to ships which are deployed more than 2000 km from the coast.
- It reduces the requirement of ships to come close to the coast to collect spares and stores.
- Sahayak-NG is GPS aided air dropped container and have the capability to carry a payload that weighs up to 50 kg and can be dropped from heavy aircraft.
- It is advanced version of SAHAYAK Mk 1.
- Two DRDO laboratories, NSTL, Visakhapatnam and ADRDE, Agra were involved in the development of SAHAYAK-NG container along the industry partner M/s Avantel for GPS integration.
Reference: http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=407001