- It is an indigenously developed drone
- It is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV
- It is multi-mission UAV which can conduct Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions for the armed forces.
- It can also be used as an unmanned armed combat.
- It can fly up to an altitude of 22,000 feet and has endurance of over 20 hours.
- It is capable of carrying payloads for electronic and signal intelligence missions.
- It can fly at around 280 km/h.
- Rustom 2 can fly missions on manual as well as autonomous modes.
- Its data link developed by Defence Electronics Application Laboratory (DEAL) transmits the ISR data to the armed forces’ ground control station in real time allowing prompt action.