DRDO demonstrates aerial delivery system for 500 kg from 5,000-metre altitude
India Today
The CADS-500 system was para-dropped from an AN32 aircraft and then steered to the predesignated landing point in autonomous mode.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s R&D lab conducted a flight demonstration of Controlled Aerial Delivery System of 500 kg capacity (CADS-500) on Saturday, the Ministry of Defence said. Controlled Aerial Delivery System of 500 kg (CADS-500) lands precisely during demonstration trials by #ADRDE, DRDO. #AmritMahotsav #AtmaNirbharBharat https://t.co/Se51Kcp4ug pic.twitter.com/Vr8xBDkRQ5
The system, developed by Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) in Agra, was para-dropped from an AN32 aircraft and then steered to the predesignated landing point in autonomous mode. Eleven paratroopers of the Indian Army and Indian Air Force chased the CADS-500 in the air and landed simultaneously at the drop zone in Malpura from an altitude of 5,000 metres.
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