BENGALURU, Feb 22: Poeir Jets Friday launched
what it said is India’s first ‘Heavy-lift Hybrid Drones’, that
are fundamentally unmanned aircraft with fully customisable
payload options.
Following the successful launch of the country’s
firstMicrojet Engine series, Poeir moved on to develop
India’sfirst Heavy lift Hybrid drones, which was launched at
the ongoing Aero India 2019 here, the company said.
With the launch, the company aims to establish itself
as industry leaders in providing propulsion solutions to UAS
(Unmanned Aircraft Systems), company officials said.
Poeir Jets is a brand promoted by M/s Poeir Jets Pvt
Ltd, an R&D subsidiary of Intech DMLS that claims to be
India’s first private firm that has developed Jet Engines.
The Heavy-lift Drones are suitable for a wide variety
of professional applications, from law enforcement to search
and rescue operations, Poeir Jets said in a release.
Heavy-lift drone models developed by the company
include, Hybrid Drone DRE 4, a Hexacopter powered with 4 kW
APU that took its first flight in 2019.
It has the capacity tolift up to 5kg in a flight time
of 60 minutes.
Turbo Shaft MTS30 is under-testing for Hybrid Drone
DJE 30 and UrbanFirefighting.
It is suitable for multirotor craft weighing up to
200kg.
Also, Hybrid Drone DJE 30 is again a Hexacopter
powered with 30 kW APU, currently under flight testing.
It can take a payload of 75kg with a mission duration
of 120 minutes; and Urban Firefighting Hopper is specially
designed to restrain fire in high-rises.
The hopper is jointly developed by Poeir Jets and
Drone Hopper, a company in Spain and can take a load of 180kg
with a mission duration of 60 minutes.
According to company officials, these battery and
turbine engine powered drones are suited for the global market
in the fields of Heavy-Lift Cargo, Civil, Agriculture,
Forestry, Defence and other strategic applications.
The drones are easy to launch, assemble, service and
operate, they said, adding that to ensure reliability they
areundergoing rigorous in-house testing and are expected to
beready for the market by 2021.
“In line with our success in indigenously developed
Microjet Engines, we see drones as presenting the next big
opportunity in modern-day aviation,” said Poeir Jets
Co-Founder and Director Sridhar Balaram. (PTI)
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