The Pawan is an unmanned aerial vehicle

Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle , also known as a unmanned aircraft system , remotely piloted aircraft or unmanned aircraft, is a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot or autonomously, that is, as a self-directing entity...

 (UAV) developed by India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

's ADE (Aeronautical Development Establishment

Aeronautical Development Establishment

The 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....

) a branch of DRDO for the Indian Armed Forces

Indian Armed Forces

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 and the Israel Aircraft Industries

Israel Aircraft Industries

Israel Aerospace Industries or IAI is Israel's prime aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial systems for both military and civilian usage. It has 16,000 employees as of 2007...

. The Pawan will be comparable in size and capabilities to Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

's Elbit Hermes 180 and Silver Arrow

Elbit Systems

Elbit Systems Ltd. is one of the world's largest defense electronics manufacturers and integrators. Established in 1967, and based in Haifa, Israel, Elbit employs 11,000 people worldwide....

 drones.The 120-kilogram Pawan will have day-and-night surveillance

Surveillance

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 capability, an endurance of five hours and a range of 150 kilometers.

ADE plans to build four Pawan prototype

Prototype

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s under this development program, with Israel Aircraft Industries electro-optical sensor

Electro-optical sensor

Electro-optical sensors are electronic detectors that convert light, or a change in light, into an electronic signal. They are used in many industrial and consumer applications, for example:* Lamps that turn on automatically in response to darkness...

s for the payload and its own stabilizer platform. The engine will be purchased from outside India.

Development costs of the short-range, vehicle-mounted Pawan is were expected to cost $33.2 million (U.S. Dollars).