The Kusha system is being developed to counter a broad range of airborne threats, including fighter aircraft, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and large military aircraft across an extensive range and altitude envelope. Its missiles, surveillance and fire-control radars, command-and-control centre and associated weapon-system components have been developed by DRDO laboratories in cooperation with Indian industry.
An expendable turbojet is generally designed to power platforms intended for limited-duration or one-way missions. Such engines can potentially support unmanned aerial systems, aerial targets, decoys and stand-off platforms. The government has not disclosed the specific platform for which the new engine has been developed.
The processor uses superconducting transmon qubits, one of the leading hardware approaches in contemporary quantum computing. Transmons are fabricated as microscopic electrical circuits containing superconducting components and Josephson junctions.
The ePlane Company was founded in 2019 by Professor Satya Chakravarthy, an aerospace engineer and faculty member at IIT Madras. The project began with a small team seeking to develop an electric aircraft specifically suited to the density, congestion and infrastructure limitations of Indian cities.
The importance of Addverb extends beyond the individual machines it manufactures. Its wider ambition is to develop complete automation systems in India by combining mechanical engineering, electronics, artificial intelligence, industrial software and systems integration. The company is therefore part robot manufacturer, part software developer and part warehouse-engineering contractor.
