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India Conducts First Flight of Autonomous SWiFT Combat UAV Prototype
Defensenews.com reported that on Friday, July 1, India successfully carried out the first flight of the Stealth Wing Flying Testbed, or SWiFT, an autonomous drone technology demonstrator. It is a scaled-down version of the upcoming Ghatak combat drone. The 1-ton SWiFT platform is powered by a Russian NPO Saturn 36MT turbofan engine. The flight took place at the aeronautical test range based at Chitradurga in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The airframe, undercarriage, and...
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