The indigenously developed TAPAS 201 UAV has achieved a major milestone as the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy have successfully demonstrated transferring of command and control capabilities of the UAV from a distant ground station to onboard INS Subhadra.
The DRDO and Indian Navy successfully demonstrated transferring of command and control capabilities of TAPAS UAV from a distant ground station to onboard INS Subhadra, 148km from Karwar Naval Base.
The demonstration took place on June 16 and according to DRDO the TAPAS took off at 7.35 a.m. from Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga which is 285 km from Karwar Naval Base.
