印度全球座鹰一出村就栽了

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据印度《印度防务》网站报道，印度自行研制的“鲁斯特姆”(Rustom)无人机的技术验证机将于本月升空试飞，这对印度武装部队的装备发展来说具有重大意义。

“鲁斯特姆”无人机是一种中空长航时（Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance，MALE)无人机，由印度国防研究发展组织（Defence Research and Development Organisation，DRDO）下属的航空发展机构（Aeronautical Development Establishment，ADE）负责领导研发，其主要技术性能将能与同时代的先进无人机（如目前在印度武装部队服役的以色列“苍鹭”无人机）相媲美。

即将试飞的“鲁斯特姆”技术验证机的尺寸将比原始设计小，但具有与标准“鲁斯特姆”无人机相同的构型，ADE将通过“鲁斯特姆”技术验证机对未来用于“鲁斯特姆”无人机的技术进行测试验证。按计划，“鲁斯特姆”技术验证机今后将会进行10次左右的试飞，其中包括地面滑行和无人驾驶状态下的常规起降。

号称“印度版全球鹰”……


然后……


NEW DELHI - In a setback to India's indigenous long-range endurance UAV program, a technology demonstrator of the Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UAV, named Rustom, crashed during the first trials Nov. 16.
Sources in India's defense research agency, the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), said scientists from Israeli had helped engineers from the Aeronautical Developmental Establishment, DRDO's Bangalore-based UAV laboratory, to build Rustom.

"First flight of the technology demonstrator for MALE UAV called Rustom-I took place on 16-11-2009 at the Taneja Aerospace Air Field near Hosur. The taxiing and takeoff was exactly as planned. Due to misjudgment of altitude of the flight, the on-board engine was switched off through ground command which made the on-board thrust developed to go to zero," said the official Nov. 17 DRDO news release.

In a departure from traditional practice, Rustom will be produced in partnership with a domestic defense firm. Talks to select the partner, which include the Tata Group, L&T and Godrej & Boyce, are likely to be concluded by year's end, said DRDO scientists.

DRDO officials said the crash would not scrap the Rustom project.

"There are a lot of gains from the flight. The flight proved the functioning of number of systems such as aerodynamics, redundant flight control, engine, redundant data link etc which go a long way toward development of complex UAVs," the news release said.

The Rustom would be equipped for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance; communication and data relay; and scientific and meteorological operations. It will be able to operate in all climates, day or night; have autonomous takeoff and landing from a runway; be capable of carrying guided weapons; have a payload capacity of 250-500 kilograms; and have a low radar and acoustic signature.

The Rustom will be able to remain aloft for more than 24 hours and have a range of 300 kilometers and a maximum altitude of 35,000 feet. It will be able to use satellite links to transmit data, thereby extending its surveillance range beyond 1,000 kilometers.

The 1,100-kilogram UAV also will be equipped with a maritime patrol radar and electro-optic sensors from Israel, and an engine still to be determined. The electronic warfare and communication system will be indigenous.

居然还是以色列专家帮着搞的，咋搞出个这么难看的气动外形来……而坠毁原因居然是高度数据错误，结果误关了发动机……

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