The Indian Armed Forces is most likely to procure 97 indigenously developed drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for over Rs 10,000 Crores for surveillance purpose along China and Pakistan borders. The project will be under the ‘Make-in-India’ route. As per ANI, a scientific study was carried out by the Indian Armed Forces jointly and…
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have confirmed that the indigenously developed Tapas BH-201 (Tactical Airborne Platform for Aerial Surveillance-Beyond Horizon 201) MALE (medium-altitude long Endurance) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), is now ready for user evaluation trials. Notably, the user evaluation trials are deemed crucial by the DRDO, as they will assess the functional…
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, has developed an indigenous version of the Kamikaze drone which is a type of suicide drone. The suicide drone can carry a warhead of up to 6 kg for up to 100 km. Further, the drones are equipped with stalled technology which enables them to escape radar identification….
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received its first batch of Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Loitering Munitions, ALS-50 which have been indigenously designed and developed by Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL). The autonomous system has successfully proved its capacity to carry out accurate strikes during trials and tests. The technology was tested in high-altitude settings…
The Indian Army (IA) has signed a deal with Economic Explosives Limited (EEL) Nagpur, for acquiring over 450 Nos. of indigenously developed Nagastra-1 loitering munitions. Manufactured by EEL, these loitering munitions can carry out surveillance up to 15 Km range and also strike enemy targets with their warhead. The deal has been signed under the…
BY RITIKA BEHAL Overview of India’s Military Drone Arsenal In the Indian context, the Indian Armed Forces has long been operating the imported Israeli Searcher and Heron drones for C4ISTAR roles and even possesses anti-radiation suicide drones from Israel itself, however they do not as yet have armed or missile firing drones their inventory. Refer…
Drones – Force Multiplier in Combat and Commercial Applications (Part 2 of the Blog Series) BY RITIKA BEHAL Drones or Unnamed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will be the major force multipliers in the future battles, as they are not only precise in striking but are also economical to develop and maintain as compared to most of…
BY RITIKA BEHAL Drones or Unnamed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will be the major force multipliers in the future battles, as they are not only precise in striking but are also economical to develop and maintain as compared to most of the other conventional war fighting machines. In recent years, the capabilities of Unmanned Vehicles have…
Indigenously developed TAPAS UAV (Tactical Advanced Platform for Aerial Surveillance) Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV, earlier called as Rustom-II have entered user trials stage since 2022-end. Developed by DRDO’s Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), the UAV is expected to complete user trials by August 2023, and then subsequently will be manufactured by DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics…
The Indian Army has issued a tender for the procurement of 750 Remotely Piloted Aerial Vehicles (RPAV) along with complete accessories through fast-track procedures under the emergency procurement powers granted to Defence Forces. The tender stipulates that the drones would need to have at least 60% indigenous content, and in the case of drones that…
