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Rustom (English: ''Warrior'') is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) being developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation for the three services, Indian Army, Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force of the Indian Armed Forces.〔(Medium Altitude Long Endurance UAV Rustom )〕 Rustom is derived from the NAL's LCRA (Light Canard Research Aircraft) developed by a team under the leadership of late Prof Rustom B Damania in the 1980s. The UAV will have structural changes and a new engine.〔(Chapter 9 : NAL and Trainers:ACIG )〕 Rustom will replace/supplement the Heron UAVs in service with the Indian armed forces.〔(India joins select group to develop UCAV technology )〕 ==Design and development== Rustom-1's basic design is derived from the NAL light canard research aircraft (LCRA). The aircraft has been named after Rustom Damania, a former professor of IISc, Bangalore who died in 2001. As a Parsi, Rustom himself was named after the Persian general Rostam Farrokhzad in the Sassanid court who fought the Muslim Arabs.〔(as a citizen of India .. you too would be protected from harm by the drone “Rustom” just as the king in Iran’s kingdom was protected single-handedly by the great Rustom Pahelwan )〕 DRDO decided to name the UAV after him because it is derived from National Aerospace Laboratories' light canard research aircraft (LCRA) developed under Rustom Damania’s leadership in the 1980s.〔()〕 With the Rustom MALE UAV project, DRDO intends to move away from traditional ways of developing products whereby laboratories under DRDO, like the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), which is involved in this project, develop and finalise the product and transfer technology to a production agency.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.spsaviation.net/exclusive/?id=164&h=Unmanned:-The-Future-of-Air-Wars )〕 DRDO will follow a practice of concurrent engineering where initial design efforts also take into consideration production issues, with the production agency participating in the development of the system right from the design stage. The agency will also follow up issues related to infrastructure and expertise for the product and its support, thereby overcoming time delays in crucial projects.〔(DRDO’s Rustom UAV To Roll Out Soon ). India Defence Online. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.〕 Rustom-1 which bears an uncanny resemblance to Rutan Long-EZ designed by Burt Rutan has a wingspan of 7.9 metres〔 and weighs 720 kg,〔 will be launched by the conventional method and not the launcher as in the case of the DRDO Lakshya. Rustom will be able to see the enemy territory up to a distance of 250 km and carry a variety of cameras and radar for surveillance.〔(Aero India 2009 News: Rustom to lock horns with Mantis, Herti ). Indianaviationnews.net. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.〕 Rustom-H, built on a different design, owes nothing to Burt Rutan's Long-EZ design. It is a Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE UAV), a twin engine system designed to carry out surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Rustom H will have a payload capacity of 350 kg.〔 The range of advanced technologies and systems include the following:〔 * Aerodynamic configurations, High aspect ratio wing, Composite airframe integrated with propulsion system, De-icing system for wings * Highly reliable systems with built-in redundancy for flight critical systems like flight control and navigation, data links, power management, - and mission critical payload management system * Digital Flight Control and Navigation System, Automatic Take off and Landing (ATOL) * Digital communication technologies for realising data links to control and operate the mission and relay UAVs * Payloads with high resolution and precision stabilised platforms. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「DRDO Rustom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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