Ghatak is an autonomous stealthy Unmanned Combat Aireal Vehicle (UCAV), being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Air Force. The design work on the UCAV is carried out by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA). The name of the project was Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft (AURA).
The combat drone will have internal weapons bay and a turbofan engine: Dry variant of GTRE K-9 Kaveri engine. The UCAV will be capable of releasing air-to-ground missiles, bombs and precision-guided munitions.
Role: Unmanned Combat Aircraft
Designer: Aeronautical Development Agency;
Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory ;
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
First flight: 2024-2025 (expected)
Program Cost: INR 2,650 crore (equivalent to INR 32 billion or US $450 million in 2019)
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