DRDO Developing Two Variants of Military Aerostats for Armed Forces

(IndiaDefense)The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is developing two variants of military aerostats for the Indian Armed Forces. This was revealed by Dr. Prahlada, Chief Controller of Research and Development, DRDO according to news paper reports.

• First type of the aerostat will carry military payloads up to an altitude of 1,000 meters and the second type up to a height of 5,000 meters.
• Already a 1,000-metre aerostat was afloat and its functions were demonstrated to both the Army and Air Force.
• Aerostats would be used for surveillance, jamming of electronic systems, intelligence data gathering and for communication relay.