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Indigenous UAV tested over Kolar

India's unmanned aerial vehicle Nishant was tested over the Kolar airfield in Karnataka on Monday.

Defence sources told the Press Trust of India that Nishant, which has been developed for battlefield surveillance and the army's reconnaissance needs, was tested at the airfield.

The sources said Nishant provides time-sensitive battlefield status intelligence "in real time" to field commanders through data links designed to survive electronic counter-measures.

Nishant, which can also serve as a communications relay platform, is a low speed pusher-propeller-driven vehicle launched from a hydro-pneumatic rail launcher with the antenna tracking system launcher and mission support vehicles.

Developed by the Bangalore-based Aeronautical Development Establishment, a Defence Research and Development Organisation unit, it has an endurance of more than four hours and can carry a payload of 45 kg.

PTI

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