Chitradurga Aeronautical Test Range
Challakere Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) is an out-door testing and evaluating facility being set up by DRDO exclusively for unmanned and manned aircraft.
Challakere ATR is located at Varavoo Kaval in Challakere Taluk of Chitradurga district on a 4,290 acre plot.[1][2] The land was bought by Ministry of Defence from the state government for Rs.12 crore (Rs.120 million) in a deal negotiated in 2008.[3] The project is being set up with a planned investment of Rs 1300 Crores.[4] The project envisages a runway beside other tracking and control equipments and a rail link to the facility have also been planned. Challakere ATR is intended to conduct the trials of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), air-to-ground weapons, parachutes and aerostats.[5] It has been planned not to utilize Challakere ATR for test flight of ballistic missiles.
The Challakere ATR was partially activated on 15 December 2010.[6][7] The facility was formally inaugurated by Union Defence and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 28 May 2017.[8][9][10]
See also
References
- ^ http://news.oneindia.in/2008/10/31/drdo-to-set-up-test-range-for-uav-at-challakere-in-ktaka-1225556295.html
- ^ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/government-and-policy/karnataka-allots-4290-acres-to-drdo-project/article1495548.ece?css=print
- ^ http://news.oneindia.in/2008/10/31/drdo-to-set-up-test-range-for-uav-at-challakere-in-ktaka-1225556295.html
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/test-range-in-chitradurga-coming-up/article559631.ece
- ^ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/new-drdo-test-range-becomes-operational/article1029006.ece
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Peermohamed, Alnoor (28 May 2017). "Jaitley inaugurates new aeronautical test range in Karnataka's Challakere". Business Standard India. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ Urs, Anil (28 May 2017). "Defence Minister inaugurates DRDO's Aeronautical Test Range in Karnataka". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Defence Minister inaugurates Rs 1,300 crore Aeronautical Test Range in Karnataka". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
External links
- http://www.india-defence.com/reports-4907
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130730112602/http://defencenow.com/news/836/india-developing-two-new-missile-test-ranges-besides-a-floating-test-range.html