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505: All you want to know about ASTE & SDI of IAF

 

ASTE (Aircraft & System Testing Establishment)

 

 

This Establishment began as the Aircraft and Armament Testing Unit in 1957, responsible for flight testing of the Gnat aircraft. It has come a long way since its inception. Logically and steadily, the establishment expanded the scope of its activities to flight testing and operational evaluation of various armaments & airborne equipment. As an institution it trains test pilots and test engineers.
Today’s world of rapidity advancing technology places enormous responsibilities on the test crew. They are the vital link between the designers and the operators. Their work calls for an exceptional ability to correctly apply “theory” into solving the practical problems of the aircraft and its systems. These very aircraft and systems operate in some of the highest airfields, the hottest deserts and the densest jungles which span the length and breadth of our country.
Click on the link below to watch the video on ASTE (Nitin Gokhale in conversation with Commandant ASTE) hosted on Bharat Shakti

 

 

SDI (Software Development Institute)

 

Set up in 1992 and located in Bengaluru, the Software Development Institute of the Indian Air Force is considered a force behind the fire power. Its primary job is to develop software for all aviation platforms that the IAF inducts and upgrades from tome to time.

 

Click on the link below to watch the video on SDI (Nitin Gokhale in conversation with Commandant SDI) hosted on Bharat Shakti

https://youtu.be/C-z-YSi9zyg?si=N3_MOIw_jrUw3asX

 

Credits

Nitin Gokhale and Bharat Shakti

 

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