The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), that awed viewers in the Bollywood hit ”3 Idiots”, has been officially inducted into the paramilitary forces. The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are using the drone, titled ‘Netra’, in counter-insurgency operations. The autonomous UAV for surveillance and reconnaissance was inducted into the paramilitary forces last month while...
MIT, Anna University, Department of Aerospace Engineering’s Division of Avionics successfully tested the DHAKSHA- mini unmanned aircraft system (UAS), will provide the public safety and rescue operations with real-time video and stable, high-resolution imagery said Dr.K.Senthil Kumar,Project Director,Mini UAV’s. He also informed that the short-range tactical rotorcraft system can be made available immediately when first responders need it. DHAKSHA’s compact...
BANGALORE: Flight trials of Micro and Mini Air Vehicles designed and developed to meet many requirements including countering low intensity conflicts, counter terrorism and for rescue operations during natural calamities, were conducted at Hoskote near here, DRDO said on Wednesday. These small vehicles are capable of flying in full autonomous mode and transmitting live day and night video to...
BANGALORE: Lt Col V S Thapa, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) external test pilot, hailing from Dehra Dun, will command this year’s Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Republic Day parade contingent in New Delhi. Thapa is presently posted on a special assignment to Bangalore-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) — which is also the abode of home-grown UAVs, including...
Being reported by GLOBES Yuval Azoulai Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) (TASE: ARSP.B1) has signed one of its largest arms deals, for the sale of $1.1 billion worth of missiles, anti-missile systems, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), intelligence and other systems. In a brief notice to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), IAI announced that it has signed a four-year $1.1 billion...
Yatish Yadav In the second week of December, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flew over the Maoist-hit areas of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, picking up images of village dwellings and human movement. At the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) control room the information was treated as a major breakthrough since the drones deployed in the area had so far...
Four months after the disappearance of Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi, the CBI flew an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the area where her body is suspected to have been disposed of, scouring the terrain for any visible sign of her remains. Investigators zoomed in on the suspected area on Monday after questioning key suspect Om Prakash Bishnoi, who is...
BANGALORE: India is planning to develop a solar-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and scouting for a foreign partner for collaboration. The proposed solar-based UAV would have much longer flight duration – as high as 15 days – compared to conventional UAV, according to sources in the Bangalore-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a lab of the Defence Research and Development Organisation. “We are looking for collaboration with a...
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was inducted by AP police to track down Maoists even in deep forests, will begin its operations from February next year, said director-general of police, V. Dinesh Reddy. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was inducted by AP police to track down Maoists even in deep forests, will begin its operations from February...
BANGALORE: India is developing an umanned aerial vehicle (UAV) similar to American Predator drones with an investment of Rs 1,500 crore and planning an unmanned combat vehicles, a key official involved in the project said today. UAV Rustom-2 project is spread over 66 months, Director of Bangalore-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO) laboratory, P S Krishnan, told PTI...
