UAV by DRDO

I read something about unmanned air vehicle (UAV) developed by DRDO in News Paper. So is there anybody who will tell me on which site I can get more details about unmanned air vehicle (UAV) developed by DRDO?

The DRDO Rustom is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV).

Rustom is derived from the NAL's LCRA (Light Canard Research Aircraft) developed by a team under the leadership of late Prof Rustom Damania in the 1980s.

Rustom will replace/supplement the Heron UAVs in service with the Indian armed forces.

DRDO will follow a practice of concurrent engineering where initial design efforts also take into consideration production issues, with the production agency participating in the development of the system right from the design stage.

Rustom-1 which bears an uncanny resemblance to Rutan Long-EZ designed by Burt Rutan has a wingspan of 7.9 m (26 ft)[10] and weighs 720 kg (1,590 lb).

Rustom will be able to see the enemy territory up to a distance of 250 km (160 mi) and carry a variety of cameras and radar for surveillance.

Rustom-H, built on a different design, owes nothing to Burt Rutan's Long-EZ design. It is a Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE UAV), a twin engine system designed to carry out surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

Variants:
Rustom-I: Tactical UAV with endurance of 12 hours
Rustom-H: Larger UAV with flight endurance of over 24 hours
Rustom-II: An unmanned combat air vehicle based on Rustom-H model.

General Characteristics
Crew: none
Payload: 95 kg (209 lb) and 350 kg (770 lb) (for Rustom-1 & Rustom-H respectively)
Length: 5.12 m (16.8 ft) and 9.5 m (31.2 ft) (for Rustom-1 & Rustom-H respectively)
Wingspan: 7.9 m (25.9 ft) and 20.6 m (67.6 ft) (for Rustom-1 & Rustom-H respectively)
Height: 2.4 m (7 ft 10.5 in) (for Rustom-1)
Empty weight: 720 kg (1,590 lb) & 1,800 kg (4,000 lb) (for Rustom-1 & Rustom-H respectively)
Powerplant:
Rustom-I: 1 × Lycoming O-320 engines Four-cylinder air-cooled horizontally opposed engine, 112 kW (150 hp)
Rustom-H: 2 × NPO-Saturn 36MT engineswing-mounted turboprop, 73.55 kW (~100 hp) each

Performance
Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph) and 225 km/h (140 mph) (for Rustom-1 & Rustom-H respectively)
Cruise speed: 125–175 km/h (78–109 mph) (Rustom H)
Range:
Line of sight: 250 km (160 mi)
Relay Communication: 350 km (220 mi) (for Rustom-H)
Ferry range: 1,000 km (620 mi) (for Rustom-H)
Service ceiling: 7,925 m (26,000 ft) and 10,668 m (35,000 ft) (for Rustom-1 & Rustom-H respectively)

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