India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flew its Rustom 2 at its Aeronautical Test Range at Challakere in Chitradurga district of Karnataka.
Rustom 2 also known as TAPAS-BH-201.
A medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, Rustom 2 or TAPAS-BH-201 has been developed by India on the lines of the American Predator drones.
It comes seven years after the first flight of Rustom-I took place on 2009 at the Taneja Aerospace Air Field near Hosur.
Having the capability to fly for 24 hours at stretch, the combat aerial vehicle can conduct sustained surveillance and can carry weapons along with surveillance equipment.