Question: Recently India has conducted its first successful flight test of the indigenously developed Rustom-II medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE UAV) at which of the following place?
(a) Chandi
(b) Sriharikota
(c) Chitradurga
(d) Vellari
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 16 October 2016 DRDO has conducted its first successful flight test of the indigenously developed Rustom-II(TAPAS 201) medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE UAV) at the Chitradurga flight test range in the southern state of Karnataka, India.
- Chitradurga, 250 km from Bangalore which is a newly developed flight test range for the testing of UAVs and manned aircraft.
- TAPAS 201, the MALE UAV has been designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), the Bangalore-based premier lab of DRDO with HAL-BEL as the production partners.
- TAPAS 201, a multi-mission UAV is being developed to carry out the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) roles for the three Armed Forces with an endurance of 24 hours
- It is noteworthy that the development of UAV immensely contributes towards the Make-in-India initiative as many critical systems such as airframe, landing gear, flight control and avionics sub-systems are being developed in India with the collaboration of private industries.
Reference:
http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/English/dpi/press_release/rustamII_161116.pdf
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=153691
http://www.defensenews.com/articles/india-conducts-successful-flight-test-of-rustom-ii-drone