{"id":31991,"date":"2025-04-13T11:57:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T06:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31991"},"modified":"2025-04-16T18:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T12:52:10","slug":"saras-mk2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/saras-mk2\/","title":{"rendered":"Saras Mk2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Saras Mk2 Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Saras Mk2, an updated version of an India-designed civilian aircraft, is set to test-fly in December 2027, Director, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) told recently.<\/p>\n<h2>About Saras Mk2<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>19-seater, multi-purpose civilian aircraft.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is the<strong> first Indian multi-purpose civilian aircraft <\/strong>in the <strong>light transport aircraft category.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is being <strong>developed by National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bengaluru,<\/strong> in <strong>collaboration with <\/strong>the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research <strong>(CSIR).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is an upgraded version of the Saras Mk 1.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It can be used for multiple purposes, including for medical emergencies or in the event of natural disasters.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It can also help in transporting passengers from Tier-1 cities to Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Saras Mk2 Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It will be a 7.5-ton aircraft and will have an <strong>endurance of 6 hours <\/strong>with a service ceiling of 29,000 ft.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It will have a maximum <strong>range of 775 km with a max load of 19 passengers<\/strong> and 2450 km with 7 passengers.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Its maximum cruise speed will be 500 kmph and stall speed 185 kmph.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The take-off distance for SARAS MK2 is going to be 790m, landing distance of 740m.<\/li>\n<li>The aircraft will be <strong>powered by<\/strong> 2 Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PT6A-67A<strong> turboprop engines.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Saras Mk2 FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the passenger capacity of the Saras Mk2 aircraft?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. 19 passengers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Which Indian organization is developing the Saras Mk2 aircraft?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It is being developed by National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bengaluru, in collaboration with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What type of aircraft is the Saras Mk2?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Light transport civilian aircraft<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/first-test-flight-of-saras-mk2-plane-expected-in-december-2027-official\/article69443472.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saras Mk2 is a 19-seater, multi-purpose civilian aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31991","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\/31991","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=31991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}