Leading Edge Actuators & Airbrake Control Module

• 06 Jun 2024

Source: PIB

Recently, the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)’s Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) handed over the first batch of the indigenous Leading Edge Actuators and Airbrake Control Module to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

• The successful completion of flight trials for Leading Edge Actuators and Airbrake Control Modules has paved the way for production clearance, enabling HAL to gear up for equipping the Mk-1A variant of Light Combat Aircraft -Tejas.
  • It used to control the leading edge slats on aircraft wings.
• These are developed in collaboration with Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad, and Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI), Bengaluru.
  • RCI is a Hyderabad based (DRDO) premier lab.
  • CMTI is a Research & Development organization under the aegis of the Ministry of Heavy Industries.

Read more: DRDO hands over first batch of indigenous Leading Edge Actuators & Airbrake Control Module to HAL for LCA Tejas Mk1A