India's state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is looking to develop a solar-powered unmanned air vehicle that would be capable of remaining airborne for at least a month.
The DRDO said the new system would be capable of performing long-range sorties and delivering real-time information via secure data links.
Meanwhile, sources within the same organisation have revealed that the Gas Turbine Research Establishment's indigenous Kaveri engine was deemed suitable to power a future unmanned combat air vehicle, which is currently the subject of concept studies.
The Kaveri was originally intended to power the Aeronautical Development Agency's Tejas light combat aircraft.
Radhakrishna Rao, Flight Global