Aeronautical Development Establishment DRDO

I want to get the details of Aeronautical Development Establishment, laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)?

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Aeronautical Development Establishment is a laboratory of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It was established in January 1959. Its primary function is research and development in the field of military aviation.

It is Located in Bangalore.

Recent successful projects by ADE include Lakshya(an aerial target), Nishant(a reconnaissance UAV), flight simulators for (LCA, Ajit, Kiran, Mig-21) and avionics packages for Tejas-LCA (display and FCC).

Technology Divisions-

Aerodynamics Division
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

Areas of Work

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Low Speed Long Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
High Speed UAVs including Target Aircraft and Cruise Vehicles
Combat Aircraft Systems.
Micro Air Vehicles.
Flight Simulation.
Air Weapon Integration.
Aerial Image Exploitation.

Contact details-

Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE)
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
Ministry of Defence
New Thippasandra Post,
Bangalore - 560 075.
Karnataka State
India
Telephone : 91-080-25283404 / 25057005 / 25057007
Fax : 080-25283188
E-mail : director@ade.drdo.in