India closer to developing stealth combat drones

India on Friday inched closer towards developing indigenous stealth combat drones capable of firing missiles and dropping bombs a platform that will boost the military's capabilities, with the defence ministry announcing that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out a successful flight trial of the autonomous flying wing technology demonstrator from the Aeronautical Test Range at Chitradurga in Karnataka.

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The system that was flight-tested is also known as the stealth wing technology demonstrator or SWIFT. "With this flight in the tailless configuration, India has joined an elite club of countries that have mastered the controls for the flying wing technology," the defence ministry said in a statement.

The successful flying demonstration of this autonomous stealth unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a testimony to the maturity in the technology readiness levels in the country, it said.