Published December 24, 2020 | By admin
SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG.
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be procuring an Ex-Air India, Airbus A319 to be used as an Inhouse flying Testbed aircraft for various Airborne Radar programs for the Indian military said a report prepared by the Delhi Defence Review. Uttam AESA and AWACS Program including Navy’s Multimission Maritime Aircraft Senior suite program are some of the initial programs that will be using A319 as testbed.
DRDO use to lease a Business jet from Commercial Airplane lessors to be used as flying Testbed initially for the Uttam AESA program. DRDO also had used the services of Hawker Siddeley HS 748 as a flying Testbed for ELTA/MMR Hybrid Radar that has been developed for the Tejas Mk1 Program.