At the Aero India 2023 exhibition held in Bangalore on February 13-17, 2023, the Indian private defense startup Absolute Composites Private Limited demonstrated India's first personal "jet suit" of local production.
The jet suit is designed to quickly overcome difficult terrain by personnel. Among the possible tasks solved by the jet suit are the conquest of rocky and snow-capped mountain peaks, crossing rivers and destroyed bridges, overcoming minefields, intership transfers, patrolling and interception. According to the representative of the company, the light weight and compact design of the product, simple and intuitive operation and functionality make it easy to adapt it for various applications.
Autonomous jet suit at the Bangalore exhibition standRaghav Reddy, founder and director of Absolute Composites, said at Aero India 2023: "My passion for aircraft and the desire to be in the air became my motivation when developing a jet suit.
A practical and easy-to-maintain and operate aircraft is what a jet suit guarantees.I have studied all such developments and found Richard Browning's concept practical.I didn't want to create the same one, so I improved the design by adding security and reliability."Richard Browning is a British inventor who originally invented the jet suit concept on which the Absolute Composites product is based.
The Absolute Composites product weighs 140 kg (including a maximum pilot weight of 80 kg), allows you to overcome a maximum range of 8 km and reach a maximum speed of 80 km/h. It has three motors on its back and two motors on each arm. Seven engines produce power equivalent to 1200 hp. Balance and control are carried out by changing the thrust vector by moving the control levers.
Takeoff in a jet suit from Absolute CompositesAll engines run on diesel fuel, which does not ignite in the event of an accident, increasing the survival of the pilot in an extreme situation.
The suit is equipped with a 30-liter fuel tank in which the fuel is distributed through the collector.
It is reported that currently a request for proposals for 48 jet suits has been received from the Indian Army. Although the product is still at the stage of testing and pilot training, Absolute Composites gave a positive response to the request.
"We will be able to supply if we qualify and fulfill their requirements.As far as we know, we are the first and only company in India producing such equipment, but we have foreign competitors for the army request for proposals: Gravity Industries jet suit from the UK [Browning product] is another participant," R. Reddy explained.
Absolute Composites has no partners for its jet suit project, but uses some components from foreign suppliers. R. Reddy is confident that his product with new security features will be fully ready by May-June 2023.
Absolute Composites Pvt Ltd is a Bangalore-based materials and engineering company specializing in the design and manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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