Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment
Field of research | Aerial Delivery Systems |
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Director | Dr Manoj Kumar |
Location | Agra, Uttar Pradesh |
Operating agency | Defence Research and Development Organisation |
The Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) is a laboratory of the Indian
Projects
Significant projects undertaken by ADRDE during the last two decades include:
- Armament delivery parachutes
- Space recovery parachutes
- Balloon barrage and surveillance systems
- Airships and related applications.
The projects enter the production at Ordnance Parachute Factory, Kanpur. ADRDE was involved in the design and development of a recovery parachute for the Nishant Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.[2] The organisation developed brake parachutes for LCA Tejas[3] and parachutes for the space capsule of Re-entry experiment SRE-1 by ISRO .[4] Akashdeep, a 2000 cu. m aerostat, was successfully test-flown with actual and dummy payloads.
ADRDE developed the Controlled Aerial Delivery System to deliver payloads through ram-air parachutes at designated coordinates via an on-board electronics unit. This accomplishment is considered one of the unit's major achievements.
References
- ^ Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) Archived 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nishant completes 100th flight". The Hindu. 16 June 2005. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "LCA : The Will of the Nation". Mod.nic.in. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment, Agra, provided the parachutes". Frontlineonnet.com. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
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