SUCHAN is an all-composite, lightweight, modular mini-UAV designed and developed by CSIR-NAL. It has been designed to meet high altitude operational requirements and has a ceiling altitude of 5000m above sea level. Being indigenously designed and developed, this mini-UAV is a far more cost effective solution than other UAVs with similar payload capabilities and gives the advantage in terms of support and services.
It can be programmed for autonomous missions or operated manually utilizing the advanced avionics and precise GPS navigation. Being hand-launched Suchan provides aerial observation, day or night (with interchangeable camera options), at line-of-sight ranges up to 10 kilometres. It comes with a retractable 2-axis stabilized gimbal, which delivers real-time colour or infrared imagery to the indigenously designed and optimized ground control stations.
Parameters |
Specifications |
Wing Span |
1.85m |
Length |
1.5 m |
Max. Take-off Weight |
~5 kg |
Range |
8-10 km |
Endurance |
60 - 90 minutes |
Speed |
10-20m/s |
Operating Altitude |
500 m AGL, 15,000 ft ASL ceiling altitude |
Autopilot |
PSOC based Controller Auto Pilot developed by NAL In-house developed Control laws |
GCS |
In-house developed software hosted on Rugged, Waterproof Laptop Mission planning, Video relay / recording |
Payloads |
Interchangeable Daylight or Thermal Camera with Gimbal control or Mapping Payload |
Launch and Recovery |
Hand-Launch and Belly Landing |
Indigenous Content |
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All composite Structure |
User Friendly GCS |
Micro Autopilot System |
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Surveillance Payload - Interchangeable (EO/IR) 2-axis Gimbal |
Mapping Payload – Mirror less DSLR Camera along with the controller |
Applications
Surveillance Application |
Geospatial Mapping Applications |
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Target tracking |
3D mapping of the open cast coal mines (Sonepur-Bazari, Bahula, West Bengal) |
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Digital Elevation Model of the coal mines |
Probable User for SUCHAN
USER / Department |
Application |
SUCHAN Support |
NDMA |
Search & Rescue Missions |
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Forest |
Man – Animal Conflicts |
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Survey Department |
Aerial Survey |
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Mining |
Open Cast mine survey |
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Agriculture |
NIR |
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Oil & Gas |
Line Monitoring |
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Armed Force |
Border Patrol |
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Last updated on : 07-11-2018 09:24:39am