14 DISC
Rearming by Drone (REARM-D) at Sea
Transferring of Missile Canister
3.1 The proposed Multi rotor drone (with IC Engine) shall transfer missile canister from supply ship to a receiving ship at a precise location.
3.2 Drone shall have a gyro stabilised platform to minimize payload swing during takeoff. Loading of Missile Canister to VLU Cell
3.3 Hovering and loading of missile canister in VLU cell shall be a guided high precision operation. Automatic movement cut-off feature shall be embedded in drone to restrict any movement post completion of alignment over VLU cell.
3.4 Suitable Loading Mechanism (portable & removable) shall be provisioned on designated VLU Cell for vertically loading of the missile canister.
3.5 Suitable provisioned for variable speeds finalized during Winch Mechanism shall be lowering of missile canister at inside VLU (Specifications to be design and trial phase). Endurance of Drone
3.6 Robust IC Engine shall sustain prolonged station keeping and flights in various conditions such as controlled ship speeds, wind directions and weather patterns.
3.7 Minimum Endurance ≥ 120 min with payload carrying capacity ≥ 900 Kgs.
