HAL’s latest Combat Air Teaming System completes crucial test ahead of upcoming Aero India
The Hindu
HAL develops Combat Air Teaming System (CATS) with LCA Tejas as mother-ship platform, achieving milestone ahead of Aero India 2025.
Ahead of the Aero India 2025 which is scheduled to be held next month, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has achieved a significant milestone by conducting the engine ground run of a full-scale demonstrator, Combat Air Teaming System (CATS) - Warrior on January 11, 2025.
The Bengaluru headquartered defence PSU over the last few years has developed the Combat Air Teaming System (CATS) which it had earlier said involves the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas as the mother-ship platform.
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“The flagship program of HAL, Combat Air Teaming System achieved a significant milestone by successfully conducting the Engine Ground Run of a Full-Scale Demonstrator, CATS - Warrior,” HAL announced.
It added that this demonstrates synergy between various R&D centres of HAL with Aircraft design and integration by Aircraft Research & Design Centre (ARDC), indigenous Mission Computer from SLRDC and indigenous power plant from AERDC.
The prototype aircraft is slated to be unveiled at Aero India 25. In the 2021 edition of the Aero India CATS, simulator was showcased.
The simulator had the TEJAS–MAX cockpit as the mother-ship platform with the embedded air teaming intelligence concepts to demonstrate the fully integrated as well as autonomous wingman platforms and swarming of drones to engage in the mission. Immersive mission visualization was also projected over a wider screen apart from the command and display at the TEJAS-MAX cockpit.
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