{"id":28335,"date":"2026-09-24T20:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28335"},"modified":"2026-09-24T20:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:17:59","slug":"indias-homegrown-ai-powered-combat-aircraft-hits-100-hour-flight-test-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28335","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s homegrown AI-powered combat aircraft hits 100-hour flight test milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"XYebw\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"IYpL4\">\n<section class=\"lIbak  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  mR3IZ \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"lIbak\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"dV65i\">\n<div class=\"gF0tM\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134469755,imgsize-29546,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg\" alt=\"India\u2019s homegrown AI-powered combat aircraft hits 100-hour flight test milestone\" title=\"India\u2019s Kaal Bhairava Lite logs 100 hours in AI-powered flight tests\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"XsNYN img_cptn\"><span title=\"India\u2019s Kaal Bhairava Lite logs 100 hours in AI-powered flight tests\">India\u2019s Kaal Bhairava Lite logs 100 hours in AI-powered flight tests<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: An Indian AI warfare company, Flying Wedge Defence &amp; Aerospace (FWDA), has completed 100 cumulative hours of flight testing of its indigenous FWD Kaal Bhairava Lite, an indigenous, AI-powered autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and tactical operations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Designed and manufactured entirely in India, with an indigenisation rate of 80%, the platform has undergone flight testing in demanding weather conditions, including 25-30 knot gusts over the Bay of Bengal, providing the development team with real-world flight data on aircraft behaviour and control in challenging wind conditions, a company statement said. It has also completed a demonstration in the challenging operating environment of J&amp;K, supporting the platform&#8217;s development for multi-terrain defence operations, it said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Built with zero foreign dependency, the platform ensures complete data sovereignty and eliminates external kill-switch risks while being positioned at a fraction of the cost of comparable Predator-class UAV systems.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Suhas Tejaskanda, founder and CEO of Bengaluru-based FWDA, said, \u201cOne hundred hours of flight testing gives us an extensively tested indigenous aircraft architecture. Kaal Bhairava has demonstrated its short-field capability, strong climb performance and operation in demanding wind conditions. With a 1,200-km-class design and 8-10 hours of endurance, we believe the platform has significant potential for both the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/indian-navy\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Navy<\/a> requirement and international markets.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The development comes as the Indian Navy examines long-range ship- and shore-launched loitering munitions, with its current RFI seeking a system with a range exceeding 1,000 km and more than nine hours of endurance.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>According to FWDA, the Kaal Bhairava programme is continuing to generate interest from multiple parts of India and international markets. The programme has secured a $25 million export order from a South Asian nation and enabled the company&#8217;s first international manufacturing node in Portugal, marking a significant milestone in India&#8217;s global expansion strategy.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/defence\/news\/indias-homegrown-ai-powered-combat-aircraft-hits-100-hour-flight-test-milestone\/articleshow\/134469752.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s Kaal Bhairava Lite logs 100 hours in AI-powered flight tests NEW DELHI: An Indian AI warfare company, Flying Wedge Defence &amp; Aerospace (FWDA), has completed 100 cumulative hours of flight testing of its indigenous FWD Kaal Bhairava Lite, an indigenous, AI-powered autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and tactical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/flying-wedges-ai-uav-kaal-bhairava-lite-completes-100-flight-hours.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"India\u2019s Kaal Bhairava Lite logs 100 hours in AI-powered flight tests NEW DELHI: An Indian AI warfare company, Flying Wedge Defence &amp; 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