DRDO conducted Flight Test of HEAT ‘Abhyas’

Current Context: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the flight test of Indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) ‘Abhyas’.

• The test was conducted from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the Odisha coast.
• In the test activities, a high subsonic speed trajectory at a very low altitude with high endurance was demonstrated.
• The Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) which is the DRDO lab has developed HEAT ‘Abhyas’.
• It is the unmanned aerial target system and will work to meet the requirement of the aerial targets of the Indian Armed forces.