Abhyas High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT)

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• DRDO successfully conducts flight-test of indigenously developed High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target Abhyas.

About

• It was first successfully tested in 2019.
• It offers a realistic threat scenario for the practice of weapon systems.  
• It is designed for autonomous flying with the help of an autopilot
• It is developed at Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE). 
• It has RCS, Visual, and  IR  augmentation systems required for weapon practice.  
• It has a high subsonic speed trajectory at a very low altitude with long endurance.
• Initial speed by two boosters and turbojet engine for sustained high subsonic speed.

Source: TH