THE indian Navy and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted initial tests of the ADC-150 air droppable off the coast of Goa, reports New Delhi's India Today.
Dropped from an IL 38SD aircraft, the ADC-150 is made in India as an Air Droppable Container with a 150 kilogramme payload capacity.
The trial was conducted to enhance naval operational logistics capabilities to meet the requirement of engineering stores for ships (under distress), which are deployed more than 2,000 kilometres from the coast.
The ADC-150 reduces the requirement for ships to come close to the coast to collect spares and stores.
Three DRDO labs - Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam; Aerial Delivery Research & Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra and Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru contributed to the development of the ADC-150.
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Dropped from an IL 38SD aircraft, the ADC-150 is made in India as an Air Droppable Container with a 150 kilogramme payload capacity.
The trial was conducted to enhance naval operational logistics capabilities to meet the requirement of engineering stores for ships (under distress), which are deployed more than 2,000 kilometres from the coast.
The ADC-150 reduces the requirement for ships to come close to the coast to collect spares and stores.
Three DRDO labs - Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam; Aerial Delivery Research & Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra and Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru contributed to the development of the ADC-150.
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