26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-10.1.3 (AIAA 2008-8853)

DESIGN, FABRICATION AND OPERATION OF REMOTELY CONTROLLED AIRSHIPS IN INDIA

A. C. Gawale, A. A. Raina, R. S. Pant, Y. P. Jahagirdar*
IIT, India; *RIMA, India

Keywords: Remotely Controlled Airships, LTA vehicles

This paper provides details of R&D activities related to design development and flight-testing of remotely-controlled airships for aerial surveillance and photography being carried out by the authors as part of the Program on Airship Design & Development (PADD) in India. Technical details of airships developed and lessons learnt are presented.

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