MALE UAV · India · Testing
DRDO TAPAS-BH (Rustom-II) Mk 1 / Mk 2
User-assisted trials ongoing. Achieved 18-hr endurance milestone in 2022. Long-delayed (originally targeted for induction 2018).
Specifications
1,800 kg MTOW350 kg payload18 hr endurance1,000 km range9,144 m ceiling225 km/hTwin NPO Saturn piston engines (Russian, 105 hp ea
Primary operator: Indian Army — Aviation Corps
In service: 6
Indigenous content: 90%
Mission roles: ISR, BDA, SIGINT, maritime patrol
Sensors: Indigenous EO/IR (BEL), SAR radar (LRDE), ELINT/COMINT (DLRL)
Payloads: 350 kg — modular mission payload
Components & supply chain
- NPO Saturn piston engineEngineNPO Saturn (Russia) — supplied to DRDO
- BEL D-30 EO/IREO/IR SensorBEL (India — indigenous)
- LRDE AESA UAV radarRadarLRDE, DRDO (indigenous)
- Vem Tech GCS-100Ground StationVem Technologies
- LRDE AESA radar (variant)RadarLRDE, DRDO
- BEL datalink v2Data LinkBEL (indigenous)
- Vem Tech GCS-200Ground StationVem Technologies