SAHAYAK-NG: India's first indigenous air-droppable container successfully passes first trial
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy jointly conducted the successful maiden trial of SAHAYAK-NG in Goa on Wednesday.
| 31 Dec 2020 7:05 AM GMT
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy on Wednesday jointly conducted the successful maiden trial of SAHAYAK-NG. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) yesterday gave out a press release declaring the good news on their Twitter. The air-droppable container was dropped from IL-38SD aircraft off the coast of Goa, according to the official statement.
SAHAYAK-NG is India's first indigenously designed and developed air-droppable container. The successful maiden flight trial was carried out from Navy's Ilyushin Il-38SD Sea Dragon maritime patrol aircraft off the coast of Goa. As per reports, the container is aided by GPS and can carry a payload of 50 kgs which can be dropped from heavy aircrafts.