We all heard about unmanned combat aerial vehicles or UCAVs. But have we ever heard about unmanned aerial bomber, that too stealth? Perhaps not! Well, India is all set to unveil its ‘top secret’ stealth bomber by end of this year (2014) for public. Developed by India’s premier Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) exclusively for the Indian Air Force (IAF), it was officially known as ‘Autonomous Unmanned Research Vehicle’ (AURA) during its development stages till now and will be known as ‘Indian Unmanned Strike Aerial Vehicles’(IUSAV) in the aftermath of production stages. Although it is yet to be given a call sign/name of its own by the Government of India or DRDO like India’s first Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has been named as ‘Tejas’ (radiance).
We all heard about unmanned combat aerial vehicles or UCAVs. But have we ever heard about unmanned aerial bomber, that too stealth? Perhaps not! Well, India is all set to unveil its ‘top secret’ stealth bomber by end of this year (2014) for public. Developed by India’s premier Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) exclusively for the Indian Air Force (IAF), it was officially known as ‘Autonomous Unmanned Research Vehicle’ (AURA) during its development stages till now and will be known as ‘Indian Unmanned Strike Aerial Vehicles’(IUSAV) in the aftermath of production stages. Although it is yet to be given a call sign/name of its own by the Government of India or DRDO like India’s first Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has been named as ‘Tejas’ (radiance).