Aeronautical Development Establishment is a laboratory of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. Located in Bangalore, its primary function is research and development in the field of military aviation.
Recent[when?] successful projects include Lakshya (an aerial target), Nishant (a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle), Ghatak, Nirbhay (a subsonic cruise missile), flight simulators (for LCA, Ajit, Kiran, and Mig-21) and avionics packages for Tejas-LCA (display and FCC). It earlier worked on Sparrow (mini-uav) and Ulka (aerial target).
Shri Y Dilip, Outstanding Scientist is Director of Aeronautical Development Establishment since 1 January 2022.
History
Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) was established in January 1959 at High Grounds, Bangalore.2
Technology divisions
- Aerodynamics Division 3
- Aircraft Structures Design Centre
- Propulsion Systems Division
- Flight Control Computer Division
- Flight Simulation Division
- Flight Control Test Systems
- Flight Test Telecommand and Tracking Division
- Flight Mechanics and Control Engineering
- Software Engineering Division - LCA
- Software Engineering Division -UAV
- Mission Sensors Technology Division
- Avionics Systems Division
- Assembly and Integration Centre for UAVs
- Aerial Image Exploitation Laboratory
- Composite Technology Centre
- Quality & Airworthiness
- Combat Aircraft Systems - TEJAS
- Flight Simulation
External links
References
"DRDO Labs". Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20071226023517/http://www.drdo.org/labindex.shtml ↩
"Historical Background". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120803023020/http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/ADE/English/index.jsp?pg=HistoricalBG.jsp ↩
"ADE : Areas of Work". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019021948/http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/ADE/English/index.jsp?pg=AreasWork.jsp ↩