SAHAYAK-NG

Maiden Flight Trial of SAHAYAK-NG, Air Droppable Container
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with Indian Navy conducted the successful maiden test trial of ‘SAHAYAK-NG’
It was dropped from IL 38SD aircraft (Indian Navy) off the coast of Goa.
It is India’s first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container
SAHAYAK-NG is an advanced version of SAHAYAK Mk I.
The newly developed GPS aided air dropped container is having the capability to carry a payload that weighs upto 50 kg and can be dropped from heavy aircraft.
The trial was conducted by Indian Navy to enhance its operational logistics capabilities and provide critical engineering stores to ships which are deployed more than 2000 km from the coast.
It reduces the requirement of ships to come close to the coast to collect spares and store
Two DRDO laboratories i.e. NSTL, Visakhapatnam and ADRDE, Agra were involved in the development of SAHAYAK-NG container along the industry partner M/s Avantel for GPS integration
The Naval Science and Technological Laboratory is an Indian defence laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, located in Visakhapatnam.
Its main function is the research and development of underwater weapons and associated systems. NSTL is organized under DRDO’s Directorate of Naval R&D
ADRDE is a pioneer R&D lab of DRDO for the Design and Development of Aerodynamic Decelerators, Aerostat Systems.

Blog