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 f
NSTL conducts trial of air droppable container
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It can carry critical stores for ships in distress
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It can carry critical stores for ships in distress
Visakhapatnam-based Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL) successfully conducted the maiden flight trial of Sahayak, a new-generation air droppable container with parachute system, capable of carrying critical stores for ships in distress at sea from Indian Navy’s Fixed Wing Aircraft.
The system was deployed off the Goa coast on Wednesday morning. Sahayak-NG has a Satellite-based Reporting Terminal (SBRT), which provides its precise GPS location enabling the ship in distress to pick up critical stores.