Aeronautical Development Establishment

Aeronautical Development Establishment is a laboratory of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. Located in Bangalore, its primary function is research and development in the field of military aviation.[2]

Aeronautical Development Establishment
Established1959
Field of research
Aeronautics
DirectorDr Venugopal S[1]
AddressNew Thippasandra,
Bangalore–560 075
LocationBengaluru, Karnataka
Operating agency
DRDO

Recent successful projects include Lakshya (an aerial target), Nishant (a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle), Nirbhay(a subsonic cruise missile), flight simulators for (LCA, Ajit, Kiran, Mig-21) and avionics packages for Tejas-LCA (display and FCC). It earlier worked on Sparrow (mini-uav) and Ulka (aerial target).

History

Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) was established in January 1959 at High Grounds, Bangalore.[3]

ADE Directors[3]
  • Dr O.P. Mediratta
  • Wg Cdr P Gopalan
  • Vivek R. Sinha
  • Air Cmde H.N. Krishnamurthy
  • AVM H.N. Krishnamurthy
  • B.G. Patwardhan
  • Dr. Kota Harinarayana
  • Dr. K.G. Narayanan
  • M.D. Aravamudhan
  • G. Elangovan
  • P.S. Krishnan
  • P. Srikumar

Technology divisions
  • Aerodynamics Division [4]
  • Aircraft Structures Design Centre
  • Propulsion Systems Division
  • Flight Control Computer Division
  • Flight Simulation Division
  • Flight Control Test Systems
  • Flight Test Telecommand and Tracking Division
  • Flight Mechanics and Control Engineering
  • Software Engineering Division - LCA
  • Software Engineering Division -UAV
  • Mission Sensors Technology Division
  • Avionics Systems Division
  • Assembly and Integration Centre for UAVs
  • Aerial Image Exploitation Laboratory
  • Composite Technology Centre
  • Quality & Airworthiness
  • Combat Aircraft Systems - TEJAS
  • Flight Simulation

References
  1. D. S., Madhumathi (29 August 2012). "When MAVs will be the eyes and ears". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. "DRDO Labs". Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  3. "Historical Background". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. "ADE : Areas of Work". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
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