Rustom was named in honour of the Parthian general Rostam Farrokhzad .
As a Parsi , Rustom himself was named after the Parthian general Rostam Farrokhzad in the Sassanid court who fought the Muslim Arabs.as a citizen of India .. you too would be protected from harm by the drone “ Rustom ” just as the king in Iran ’ s kingdom was protected single-handedly by the great Rustom Pahelwan DRDO decided to name the UAV after him because it is derived from National Aerospace Laboratories ' light canard research aircraft ( LCRA ) developed under Rustom Damania ’ s leadership in the 1980s .
DRDO Rustom