{"id":28280,"date":"2024-11-28T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T23:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28280"},"modified":"2025-04-08T18:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:35:51","slug":"sabal-20-logistics-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sabal-20-logistics-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Sabal-20 Logistics Drone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Sabal-20 Logistics Drone:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>electric-unmanned helicopter<\/strong> based on <strong>variable pitch technology,<\/strong> designed specifically <strong>for aerial logistics.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>manufactured by <\/strong>the <strong>private drone manufacturer EndureAir.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is designed to fulfill demanding operational requirements, assisting with tasks including precise logistics, high-altitude operations, and long-distance deliveries.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The drone features tandem rotor configuration, and the design \u201censures remarkable stability, superior high-altitude performance, minimised turbulence risk, and outstanding lifting capacity across diverse terrains\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>It is capable of carrying <strong>payloads of up to 20 kg<\/strong>, which is <strong>equivalent to 50 percent of its own weight<\/strong>, with scalable options for future requirements.<\/li>\n<li>It can <strong>operate in confined and rugged terrain,<\/strong> while its low RPM (revolutions per minute) design minimises noise, enhancing stealth in sensitive missions.<\/li>\n<li>One of the standout features of the Sabal 20 is its <strong>vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology,<\/strong> which allows the drone to operate in confined spaces and difficult environments.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It also has cutting-edge autonomous flight capabilities and user-friendly controls that simplify complex tasks, ensuring reliable performance even when it is beyond the line of sight of the operator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology?<\/h3>\n<p>A VTOL aircraft is a vehicle that can depart, hover and land vertically. This includes fixed-wing aircrafts with the ability to take off and touch down vertically as well as helicopters or other aircraft with powered rotors. VTOL aircrafts&#8217; ability to take off and land vertically as well as hover, fly slowly and land in small spaces distinguishes it from the conventional aircraft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/business\/defence-made-in-india-indian-army-receives-advanced-sabal-20-logistics-drone-from-endureair-3678389\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Made in India: Indian Army Receives Advanced Sabal 20 Logistics Drone from EndureAir<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sabal-20 Logistics Drone is an electric-unmanned helicopter based on variable pitch technology, designed specifically for aerial logistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}