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    Tactical Reconnaissance Medium Altitude UAV

Sponsoring Agency : BEML
Period : 2020-ongoing

Description : Principal Investigator in BEML-IIT Kanpur joint development of a tactical reconnaissance Medium Altitude UAV.....
 
    Wing-foldable Loitering Munition

Sponsoring Agency : SpaceJam U.A.V
Period : 2020-ongoing

Description : Mentorship of an upcoming startup (MOU under process) for developing a fleet of Wing-foldable loitering munitions of various weight class....
 
    COVID-19 vaccine delivery drone

Sponsoring Agency : Indian Council of Medical Research
Period : 2020-ongoing

Description : Principal Investigator in development and delivery of a hexcopter drone for distributing COVID-19 vaccines to remote locations in collaboration with Bangalore based startup "CDSpace Robotics Pvt. Ltd."....
 
    VTOL UAV design and development

Sponsoring Agency : VTOL Aviation India, Mumbai
Period : 2018-ongoing

Description : As principal investigator of this industry-academia collaboration, the aim is to develop the knowledge base for VTOL systems which would be a gamechanger for the Indian aviation sector.....
 
    Design and Development of UAV

Sponsoring Agency : TATA Advanced Systems Ltd., Bangalore
Period : 2018-ongoing

Description : Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems under MoU between TASL and IIT Kanpur......
 
    Glider based Payload (Torpedo) delivery System

Sponsoring Agency : NSTL
Period : 2011-2012

Description : The goal of this project is to develop a design of a glider configuration which when mounted on the torpedo can assist it to glide. The specified objective is to achieve a minimum range of 25 Km in a maximum duration of 250 sec when the whole assembly is launched from an altitude of 6 Km with a circular error......
 
  Parachute Assisted Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Sponsoring Agency : ADRDE
Period : 2010-2011

Description : The deliverables of this project are to design, develop and manufacture a full scaled unmanned aerial vehicle which can be used for surveillance. The vehicle should also be designed in a way such that it can be recovered with the help of a parafoil mounted in it. The wing span is aimed to be kept high to facilitate .......
 
    Design of 5 DOF Dynamic Test Rig for Aerodynamic Characterization of Flight Vehicle

Description : The design of a 5 DOF (pitch, roll, yaw, heave and sway) dynamic test rig serves the purpose of estimating the aerodynamic derivatives of flight vehicles of any configuration. A mathematical model was developed which incorporates the 5 DOF in flight ......
 
  Research Work on Stratospheric Airships

Sponsoring Agency : ADRDE
Period : 2010-2011

Description : Stratospheric Airships are lighter than air high altitude long endurance (LTA-HALE) systems operating at altitudes typically in the range of 18-22 Km. These systems are completely unmanned and the operating altitude is chosen on the basis of minimum atmospheric disturbances in that ......
 
  Micro Air Vehicle

Description : A miniature air vehicle is proposed to be developed which can operate in an unmanned state so that it can be useful for shot endurance surveillance purposes. The prime objective of this project is to design and manufacture a light weight (<50gms) and ......
 
  Supercavitation

Description : Supercavitation is a cutting edge technology under research currently for improving the performance underwater vehicle. Supercavitation phenomenon helps underwater vehicles to achieve high speeds by reducing the amount of drag .....
 
  Parafoil

Description : Parafoil is non-rigid wing usually made up of porous fabric. The estimation of aerodynamic parameter is carried out using analytical and experimental data available to check its response against extreme conditions. This knowledge is also used for controlling the system. A 9DOF mathematical model was developed to simulate .....
 
  Non-Linear Dynamic Inversion Technique

Description : Development of Control Laws for different unmanned aerospace vehicles using Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion (NDI) technique is being carried out at Flight Lab, IIT Kanpur. NDI is a control design technique which is highly emerging in the field of controls of nonlinear systems. The key reason for preferring this techni .....
 
 
Ongoing Projects:
 
     1. Agriculture : UAV for Precision Farming: (1.6Cr)
   2. BEML Bangalore: (6Cr)
   3. Vtol AirTaxi: (2Cr)
   4. Delivery Drone for Covid Medicine: (15Lakh)
   5. Defence Corridor (UAV): (2Cr)
   6. UAV TIH: (6Cr)