India conducts maiden flight-trials of stratospheric airship platform in Madhya Pradesh
The Hindu
India conducts successful maiden flight-trials of stratospheric airship platform to enhance military surveillance capabilities, a milestone achievement.
India on Saturday (May 3, 2025) successfully carried out maiden flight-trials of a stratospheric airship platform which is being developed to boost the military's surveillance capabilities.
Very few countries in the world have developed such a complex platform, officials said.
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The flight trial was carried out by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh.
DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat said the prototype flight is a "milestone" towards realisation of lighter-than-air high-altitude platform systems that can remain airborne for very long endurance at stratospheric heights.
The airship platform was launched with an instrumental payload to an altitude of around 17 kms, according to the Defence Ministry.
The successful flight trials of the platform came amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack.
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