CHITRADURGA: A Tapas unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) crashed in agriculture fields near a village in Karnataka’s Chitradurga on Sunday morning, officials said.
According to officials, the UAV-TAPAS- crashed while it was on a trial flight.
“A Tapas drone being developed by the DRDO crashed during a trial flight in a village of Chitradurga district, Karnataka,” Defence officials said.
“DRDO is briefing the Defence Ministry about the mishap and an inquiry is being carried out into the specific reasons behind the crash,” they said.
