New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with Indian Navy conducted the successful maiden test trial of SAHAYAK-NG, India’s first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container from India Navy’s IL 38SD aircraft off the coast of Goa, the Defence Ministry stated today.
The trial was conducted by Indian Navy to enhance its operational logistics capabilities and provide critical engineering stores to ships which are deployed more than 2000 km from the coast. It reduces the requirement of ships to come close to the coast to collect spares and stores.
Two DRDO laboratories – NSTL, Visakhapatnam and ADRDE, Agra – were involved in the development of SAHAYAK-NG container. SAHAYAK-NG is an advanced version of SAHAYAK Mk I. The newly developed GPS aided air dropped container is having the capability to carry a payload that weighs upto 50 kg and can be dropped from heavy aircraft.
– global bihari bureau
