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DRDO demonstrates controlled aerial delivery system

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    10Pointer
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  • Published
    22nd Dec, 2021

Recently, the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s R&D lab conducted a flight demonstration of the Controlled Aerial Delivery System of 500 kg capacity (CADS-500).

Context

Recently, the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s R&D lab conducted a flight demonstration of the Controlled Aerial Delivery System of 500 kg capacity (CADS-500).

What is ‘CADS-500’?

  • The CADS-500 is used to deliver payload precisely up to 500 kgs at a predetermined location. 
  • It makes use of manoeuvrable capabilities of Ram Air Parachute (RAP) to conduct such activities. 
  • It also uses Global Positioning System to get the coordinates and altitude & heading sensors to get heading information during its flight. 
  • The CADS, consisting of an electronics unit, autonomously steers the path of flight through waypoint navigation towards target location by operating controls.
  • Developed by: Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) in Agra.

Key-highlights of the demonstration

  • The system was para-dropped from an AN32 aircraft and then steered to the pre-designated landing point in autonomous mode. 
  • Eleven paratroopers of the Indian Army and Indian Air Force chased the CADS-500 in the air and landed simultaneously at the drop zone in Malpura from an altitude of 5,000 metres.
  • The flight demonstration was part of a series of activities to celebrate ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, commemorating 75 years of India’s independence.

About ADRDE

  • The Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) is the laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). 
  • ADRDE is located in Agra and its research scope includes the development of the systems for dropping brake parachutes, heavy loads, aircraft arrester barriers and towed targets.
  • Projects of ADRDE-
    • Space Recovery Parachutes
    • Armament Delivery Parachutes
    • Balloon Barrage and Surveillance Systems
    • Airships and Related Applications

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