An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) crashed near Chikkenahalli village in Challakere Taluk of Chitradurga district, Karnataka, on Tuesday morning.
The drone, a Rustom 2 or (Tapas-4 ADE 19), came down in a farmer’s field at Chikkenahalli. According to sources, the drone had taken off on Tuesday morning from the DRDO’s Aeronautical Test Range at Kudapura, in the taluk. The drone was in the process of making a test flight up towards Hassan when it lost contact with the ground station and radar at 6:30 am. It crashed about 15 minutes later at Chikkenahalli, according to sources.
