VARUN MK I
A ship-borne unmanned helicopter for maritime domain awareness and C4ISR. Designed to launch and recover from a ship’s flight deck in varying sea states.
Designed for launch and recovery from a ship’s flight deck in varying sea states, VARUN MK I carries EO/IR, maritime patrol radar, AIS, ADS-B and airband communications payloads. Its current portfolio specifies a 50 kg minimum payload and four-hour endurance; longer-endurance and additional mission capabilities are listed separately as future upgrades on the aircraft page.
- Take-off weight
- 550 kg
- Minimum payload
- 50 kg
- Endurance
- 4 h
- Radio line-of-sight
- 100 km
Technical details
- 160 km/h maximum speed; 120 km/h cruise.
- Current payloads: EO/IR, MPR, AIS, ADS-B and airband transceiver / voice RT.
- 160 HP piston engine, three-blade 6.4 m main rotor and redundant flight-critical systems.
- 5,000 ft ceiling; operating temperature −25 °C to +55 °C.