Hyderabad: An Indian-promoted aviation company in New Zealand is developing what it claims to be the world's first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for cloud seeding.
Auckland-based Apeiron Aerospace, an innovative aerospace company focussed on delivering technology to the global UAV sector, has designed a tactical UAV system for cloud seeding as the existing process involving manned aircraft endangers the lives of pilots.
"There is a need for UAVs for cloud seeding. It is a question of pilot's life. It becomes very difficult to control the aircraft in high turbulence," Sanjeev Rao, director, Apeiron Aerospace, said.
The firm floated by him last year exhibited its model at India Aviation 2012 here recently. Apeiron, which has tied up with Bangalore-based Krishi Air Private Limited, feels there is a market for such UAVs in India.
Rao said the design exhibited at the air show was a robust one. The UAV can fly into the cloud, do the seeding and fly out.
26/06/12 IANS/Zee News
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
0 comments:
Post a Comment