Indian Entrepreneur@indianentrepreneurBengaluru startup Xinfiniti AeroSpace has begun ground trials to turn an Indian Navy Chetak helicopter into a pilotless drone, under a Ministry of Defence contract won through iDEX.
The cockpit would be removed and autonomous flight and ground control systems fitted to the 2.2-tonne aircraft. Success would put India in a group of six countries that have done this.
Test flights are due within a couple of months, aiming to make the helicopter operationally fit before the next financial year.
