Used for tagging and targeting Surveillance For missions in interior of building Power line inspections Rescue operations Aerial photography CHALLENGES Flight control is difficult All system is based on microelectronics Requirement of Flapping wings Stabilization and guidance require highly autonomous control systems The state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have launched an ambitious joint National Programme for Micro Air Vehicles (NP-MICAV). According to DRDO officials, an estimated $21.5 million will be spent on this programme involving the creation of micro air vehicles in two phases. The MAV program’s first phase will be completed in three years and the second phase, which will focus on futuristic technologies, will take up the last two years.
Used for tagging and targeting Surveillance For missions in interior of building Power line inspections Rescue operations Aerial photography CHALLENGES Flight control is difficult All system is based on microelectronics Requirement of Flapping wings Stabilization and guidance require highly autonomous control systems The state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have launched an ambitious joint National Programme for Micro Air Vehicles (NP-MICAV). According to DRDO officials, an estimated $21.5 million will be spent on this programme involving the creation of micro air vehicles in two phases. The MAV program’s first phase will be completed in three years and the second phase, which will focus on futuristic technologies, will take up the last two years.
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