Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy on December 30, 2020 conducted the successful maiden test trial of SAHAYAK-NG which is India’s first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container.
- The trial was conducted from IL 38SD aircraft of Indian Navy off the coast of Goa.
- The trial was conducted by Indian Navy to enhance its operational logistics capabilities and provide critical engineering stores to ships which are deployed more than 2000 km from the coast. It reduces the requirement of ships to come close to the coast to collect spares and stores.
- SAHAYAK-NG is an advanced version of SAHAYAK Mk I.
- The newly developed GPS aided air dropped container is having the capability to carry a payload that weighs upto 50 kg and can be dropped from heavy aircraft.
- Two DRDO laboratories, NSTL, Visakhapatnam and ADRDE, Agra were involved in the development of SAHAYAK-NG container along the industry partner Avantel for GPS integration.
