[3][4] The land was bought by the Ministry of Defence from the Karnataka state government for Rs.12 crore (Rs.120 million) in a deal negotiated in 2008.
ATR, Chitradurga has a Range Control Centre (RCC) with air traffic display system.
[6] The project envisages a runway beside other tracking and control equipments and a rail link to the facility have also been planned.
[1] Chitradurga ATR is intended to conduct the trials of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), air-to-ground weapons, parachutes and aerostats.
[8] The facility was formally inaugurated by the Union Defence and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 28 May 2017.