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Description: HAL is preparing to produce five TAPAS MALE UAVs for user validation trials to start in October 2022. India's Tactical Airborne Platform for Aerial Surveillance (TAPAS) medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have completed a series of flight trials and are moving towards user evaluation trials. Sources in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) said that eight prototypes of the TAPAS UAV have been built so far and the platform has completed 143 test flights. “We are currently in the process of design validation,” an ADE source said. “The final design configuration will be frozen in June or July.” The source added that flight trials for user validation will likely start in October 2022. According to HAL, it is prepared to manufacture five UAVs for evaluation by the military. ADE will integrate the first two aircraft. The remaining three UAVs are to be integrated by HAL. Flight testing is to proceed for the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) short-range, armed UAV called Archer, based on the earlier Rustom-1. The Archer has a proposed 220km range and 12h endurance, and four more prototypes are to be manufactured by private players. This testing follows an EoI released to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and half a dozen private companies in mid-2021. Discussions are ongoing, and this will lead to a down-select. The winner will be the lead manufacturer and integrator, but only 20 will be produced in limited series production. The Archer UAV will be lighter than the Rustom-I, which was developed as a Technological Demonstrator (TD) for the Tactical Airborne Platform for Aerial Surveillance-Beyond Horizon-201, also known as TAPAS BH-201 long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle program. Archer UAV is reported to be an armed surveillance drone, although this has not been officially confirmed by the defence agency. The DRDO tested the Rustom-I with a decoy air-to-surface missiles for combat role, but the program did not advance further. The Indian government has allowed the development of the Rustom MALE UAV project in association with a production agency cum development partner (PADP). The ADE officials indicated that the requests for proposals (RFP) would shortly be issued to four vendors which are the Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Godrej Aerospace Limited and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited-Bharat Electronics Limited (joint bid) who were chosen out of the 23 firms that responded. Support Us: Facebook: facebook.com/GlobalConflict7 Twitter: twitter.com/GlobalConflict9 Instagram: instagram.com/globalconflicthindi Fan Page: facebook.com/globalconflict DISCLAIMER: Each and every content used in this video is not imaginary. All are taken from reputed news agencies. This video doesn’t meant to hurt anybody's personal feelings,beliefs and religion. We are not responsible for any of these statements used in this video. If you have any suggestion or query regarding this video, you can contact me on YouTube personal Message and you can send me message in my Facebook page. Thank you & regards Global conflicts #GlobalConflict #DefenceUpdate #DefenceNews