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DRDO tests high-altitude platform, keeps it at 20 km for over 30 minutes

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DRDO tests high-altitude platform, keeps it at 20 km for over 30 minutes
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In this image posted on Oct. 6, 2026, High Altitude Platform System (HAPS), a long-endurance stratospheric aerial surveillance platform designed and developed by ADRDE, Agra was successfully flight tested.
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In this image posted on Oct. 6, 2026, High Altitude Platform System (HAPS), a long-endurance stratospheric aerial surveillance platform designed and developed by ADRDE, Agra was successfully flight tested. | Photo Credit: X/@DRFO_India/via PTI

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out the flight trial of an indigenously developed High-Altitude Platform (HAPS), with the experimental platform reaching an altitude of 21 km above mean sea level and remaining at 20 km for more than 30 minutes.

The Defence Ministry said the platform, developed by the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra, was a lighter-than-air system being designed as a long-endurance stratospheric aerial surveillance platform.

Originally published by The Hindu on Oct 6, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com
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