India’s indigenous Rustom-H long endurance high altitude UAS is slated for a first flight in February 2014, and has begun a ground workup. The Rustom-H, powered by twin turboprop engines, will be developed into three prototypes — a base version for over land surveillance, a maritime version for extended reconnaissance over sea and a hunter-killer variant that will be built to deploy stand-off strike weapons.
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