Phase 01 / Lift
Vertical take-off
RAVEN is designed to leave the ground vertically from a prepared site.
RAVEN / In development
Jet power.
Vertical lift.
A jet-powered unmanned air vehicle designed for vertical take-off and landing. No pilot on board.
Explore RAVEN01 / The air vehicle
Designed for the
vertical advantage.
An unmanned, jet-powered VTOL air vehicle. No pilot on board and no conventional runway.
In development at Astrodynamic Technologies, Hyderabad.
02 / Systems and integration
More than
an airframe.
RAVEN brings airframe, propulsion and onboard systems together in one development programme.
Indigenous content / Target
90%
Target for the development programme
- 01
Jet propulsion
A jet-powered platform designed around a high-speed flight profile.
- 02
Vertical flight
Take-off and recovery designed around VTOL capability.
- 03
Integrated systems
Avionics, power electronics and precision motion hardware.
- 04
Modular architecture
A flexible payload architecture remains a programme design objective.
03 / Flight profile
Four phases.
One platform.
Scroll to follow the intended flight sequence.
RAVEN / Flight profile
Illustrative / Not flight data
Phase 02 / Transition
Transition to forward flight
The air vehicle transitions from vertical lift to jet-powered forward flight.
Phase 03 / Jet flight
Jet-powered flight
The programme pairs VTOL access with a high-speed jet flight profile.
Phase 04 / Recovery
Vertical landing
RAVEN is designed to return to a prepared site without a conventional runway.
04 / Missions
One platform.
Many missions.
Defence and civil mission concepts.
Defence
Civilian
DEFENCE / HIGH-SPEED RESPONSE
High-speed response.
A vertical-launch concept for responding to fast-moving aerial threats, with a human in the approval loop.
DEFENCE / AREA AWARENESS
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
A concept for reaching an area quickly and returning observations through a modular sensor payload.
DEFENCE / LOITER-AND-DECIDE
Human-controlled engagement.
An attritable concept for loitering over an area, with any terminal phase requiring commander approval.
CIVILIAN / EMERGENCY SERVICES
Wildfire mapping.
A thermal-payload concept for mapping hotspots and the fire perimeter in remote areas.
CIVILIAN / DISASTER RELIEF
Search and disaster assessment.
A sensor-payload concept for surveying affected areas and supporting search teams when roads are cut.
CIVILIAN / MARITIME SAFETY
Maritime monitoring.
A patrol concept for supporting coastal monitoring and maritime safety.
05 / Programme targets
Designed to
go further.
RAVEN's design targets.
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01 / Speed
0.5–0.8 Mach
Jet-powered flight / Target
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02 / Ceiling
>30,000 ft
Altitude / Target
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03 / Range
100–300 km
Mission range / Target
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04 / Load factor
>4 G
Manoeuvre load / Target
Design targets only. Not validated by flight testing.
Made in India.
For the world.
06 / Mission & vision
Engineering India's next generation of aerospace and defence technology.
Our mission
To design, build and deliver advanced aerospace and defence systems that are dependable, affordable and made in India.
Our vision
A self-reliant India at the frontier of flight, contributing technology that the world trusts.
07 / The company
Building the
next flight.
An Indian aerospace company developing advanced unmanned air vehicles.
Our founders bring complementary expertise in AI, software architecture, control systems and advanced hardware, supported by backgrounds in business and engineering.
Astrodynamic Technologies / India
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