Chitradurga Aeronautical Test Range

Chitradurga Aeronautical Test Range

Chitradurga Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) is an out-door testing and evaluating facility being set up by DRDO exclusively for unmanned and manned aircraft. Chitradurga ATR is located at Voru Kaval in Challakere taluka of Chitradurga district on a 4,290 acre plot. The project envisages a runway beside other tracking and control equipments and a rail link to the facility have also been planned. Chitradurga ATR is intended to conduct the trials of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), air-to-ground weapons, parachutes and aerostats. It is expected to be inaugurated mid-2016. It is not meant to utilize Chitradurga ATR for test flight of ballistic missiles which is done in Chandipur-on-sea, the location of the Indian Army's Integrated Test Range (ITR).