Aeronautical Development Establishment

Aeronautical Development Establishment is a laboratory of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. Located in Bangalore, its primary function is research and development in the field of military aviation.^[2]

Aeronautical Development Establishment

Established	1959
Field of research	Aeronautics
Director	Shri Y Dilip[1]
Address	New Thippasandra, Bangalore–560 075
Location	Bengaluru, Karnataka
Operating agency	DRDO
Website	www.drdo.ade.gov.in

Recent^[when?] successful projects include Lakshya (an aerial target), Nishant (a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle), Ghatak, Nirbhay (a subsonic cruise missile), flight simulators (for LCA, Ajit, Kiran, and Mig-21) and avionics packages for Tejas-LCA (display and FCC). It earlier worked on Sparrow (mini-uav) and Ulka (aerial target).

Shri Y Dilip, Outstanding Scientist is Director of Aeronautical Development Establishment since 1 January 2022.

History

Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) was established in January 1959 at High Grounds, Bangalore.^[3]

ADE Directors[3]
Dr O.P. Mediratta Wg Cdr P Gopalan Vivek R. Sinha Air Cmde H.N. Krishnamurthy AVM H.N. Krishnamurthy B.G. Patwardhan Dr. Kota Harinarayana Dr. K.G. Narayanan M.D. Aravamudhan G. Elangovan P.S. Krishnan P. Srikumar MVKV Prasad [4] Dr Venugopal S

Technology divisions

• Aerodynamics Division ^[5]
• Aircraft Structures Design Centre
• Propulsion Systems Division
• Flight Control Computer Division
• Flight Simulation Division
• Flight Control Test Systems
• Flight Test Telecommand and Tracking Division
• Flight Mechanics and Control Engineering
• Software Engineering Division - LCA
• Software Engineering Division -UAV
• Mission Sensors Technology Division
• Avionics Systems Division
• Assembly and Integration Centre for UAVs
• Aerial Image Exploitation Laboratory
• Composite Technology Centre
• Quality & Airworthiness
• Combat Aircraft Systems - TEJAS
• Flight Simulation