February 3, 2010 8:19 PM

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DRDO successfully launches UAV Nishant

The Aeronautical Development Establishment has successfully flown the unmanned aerial vehicle Nishant. The Defence Research and Development Organisation said in a statement in Bangalore that all systems worked normally in its 30th flight and the mission was totally successful.<br/><br/>The aircraft took off from the launcher located at Kolar airfield and it was recovered after three hours, 35 minutes at the designated point. Nishant-15 was the same aircraft flown on the 29th of last month from the same location.<br/><br/>It flew through the designated way point till 3 pm as per plan and was returning towards recovery area near launcher when an on board malfunction occurred while overflying a path five kilometers from Bangarpet. It had led to the recovery parachute coming out and the vehicle landed gently on the ground as per design.

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