The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home ...
Full configuration flight of Panchi, a variant of Nishant, the unmanned aerial vehicle developed (UAV) by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for military use, is slated for later next year. By October 2016, the test flights with full configuration to assess its capability, are fixed, informed Dr K Tamilmani, Director General (DG Aero) (DRDO), while confirming the development to The Hitavada.
DRDO’s Panchi, the wheeled UAV. |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) systems are undergoing major upgrades in terms of data link, flight control and propulsion system to enhance the flight envelop, the DG explained further. Panchi is the wheeled version of UAV Nishant and is capable of taking-off and landing by using small airstrips, which will be a major advantage for field units.
Panchi UAV has autonomous flight capabilities and is controlled from a user friendly Ground Control Station (GCS). GCS incorporates a microprocessor bases encoder/decoder unit which interface with the jam-resistant data link to exchange command and data from the UAV. Panchi is capable of conventional take off and landing. Concept validation phase of the UAV has completed through number of test flights, the DG (Aero) said in reply to another querry.
Panchi has all the surveillance capabilities of UAV Nishant. Post upgradation the UAV can endure longer flight duration as it would not have to carry the air bags and parachute system which is the case with Nishant. Maiden test flight of Panchi was carried at Kolar test facility in Karnataka in December 2014.
The aircraft also has a jam resistant command link and digital down link for transmission of imagery. While its length is about 4.63 meter and wingspan 6.57 meter, it weighs around 380 kg. Traveling at a maximum speed of 185 km/hour, it can cruise at a speed of 125 km/hour to 150 km/hour with a service ceiling of 3,600 meter.
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