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Major Thrust Areas

  • Pilot less Target Aircraft
  • Unmanned Air Vehicle
  • Engineering and Pilot Training Simulator
  • Flight Control System
  • Pilot Selection System
  • Air Weapons

Core Competency of the Lab

Aerodynamics

  • Configuration Design and Sizing
  • Airfoil Design, Analysis and Testing
  • Aerodynamic Design and Analysis
  • Aerodynamic Stability and Control Derivatives
  • Air Load Performance Estimation
  • CFD Simulations
  • Wind tunnel Testing and Data Analysis
  • Propeller Design and Analysis
  • Weapon Carriage and Store Separation Studies

Propulsion

  • Propulsion system integration
  • Fuel system management
  • Air intake design and analysis
  • Booster integration

Flight Control

  • Fly by wire control System
  • Autonomous Flight Design
  • Flight Control Computer Design
  • Safety Critical Onboard Software Development
  • Sensor Suite for GNSS based ATOL
  • Design and Development of CEMILAC certified Digital EMA Actuators
  • HILS System Design
  • INS and GNSS testing facility using Three Axes Motion Simulator and Global Navigation Satellite Simulator
  • Verification & Validation
  • Flight Control Computer Design
  • Cockpit Display System Design
  • Pilot in Loop Simulation

Flight Simulation

  • Real Time Simulator for Design & Evaluation (Manned & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)
  • Full Mission Simulators for Pilot Training (Manned & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)
  • Pilot Selection Systems for Armed Forces (Fighter, Transport and Helicopter)

Payload

  • Gimbal Payload Assembly

Integration

  • Air Vehicle Design
  • Flight Testing
 

Systems

  • System Engineering
  • System Design
  • Configuration Management

Flight Test, Tele-Command and Tracking

  • Tele- Command Design
  • Tracking System Design
  • Telemetry System Design
  • Ground Control Station
  • Onboard Telemetry Transmitters & Receivers

Structures

  • Airframe Design and Analysis
  • CG Management & Layout Design
  • Aero-Elastic Analysis
  • Structural Testing
  • Mechanical Design of Actuators
  • Electronic enclosures design
  • Payload housing Design
  • Undercarriage Systems Design
  • Thermal analysis of LRUs
  • Digital mock-up of UAVs.

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