NAL validates Digital Anti-skid Brake Management System for SARAS MK-2

NAL has successfully validated Digital Anti-skid Brake Management System for SARAS MK-2 19 seater LTA (File)
NAL has successfully validated Digital Anti-skid Brake Management System for SARAS MK-2 19 seater LTA (File)

New Delhi: The Bengaluru based National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) has successfully validated the digital anti-skid brake management system developed for SARAS MK-2 19 seat Light Transport aircraft. This is for the first time in India that the state-of-the-art brake by wire electro-hydraulic braking system has been developed for civil aircrafts.

NAL which is part of CSIR labs conducted the taxi trial of the anti-skid brake system at the speed of about 30 knots. The results were highly satisfactory. Digital Anti-Skid Braking System integration on SARAS MK-2 will benefit operation from airfields with short runways to boost regional air connectivity.

SARAS aircraft being developed by NAL has indigenously built the most advanced high performance integrated avionics and flight control computer embedded with multicore power PC, VPX bus architecture and ARINC 635 compliant real-time operating system with safety-critical partitioned virtual wall.

The Government had sanctioned the SARAS MK-2 19 seat Light Transport project to NAL in June 2019.

The Indian Air Force has already committed to induct 15 SARAS MK-2 aircraft. It is also considered the most versatile aircraft of its class for connecting remotely located Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities and towns under the UDAN Scheme. The first flight of SARAS MK-2 is planned for December 2024.

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