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DRDO Ghatak UCAV Timeline 2026: Stealth Drone, Kaveri Engine

Ghatak is DRDO's programme to build an Indian stealth unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) — a tailless, flying-wing jet drone designed to carry weapons internal…

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PROCUREMENT

DAC Grants Acceptance of Necessity for RPSA

The DAC, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, cleared Acceptance of Necessity for the Remotely Piloted Strike Aircraft alongside the S-400 system, Medium Transport…

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ENGINE

First Production-Standard Dry Kaveri Engine Delivered

GTRE reportedly handed over the first production-standard Dry Kaveri (D1) engine, entering baseline validation and endurance testing — a step toward the Ministry of Defe…

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AUTONOMY

SWiFT Lands Autonomously Without Ground Radar

A SWiFT test flight demonstrated take-off and landing using only surveyed GPS coordinates, with no ground-based radar or piloted guidance — the seventh developmental tri…

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FIRST FLIGHT

SWiFT's Maiden Autonomous Flight

DRDO's Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator (SWiFT) completed its first flight in fully autonomous mode on July 1, 2022 — take-off, waypoint navigation and a s…

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FUNDING

SWiFT Sanctioned; Ghatak Technology Funding Approved

A scaled-down technology demonstrator, SWiFT, was reportedly sanctioned at a cost of roughly ₹70 crore, alongside a broader reported allocation of around ₹23,100 crore f…

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ORIGIN

AURA Feasibility Study Commissioned

ADE, under DRDO, was commissioned to carry out a feasibility study for an Indian UCAV — the Autonomous Unmanned Research Aircraft (AURA) project, first publicly reported…

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