New Delhi, Nov 18 (PTI) Government is looking to procure helicopter-shaped Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to airdrop small commandos units for launching special operations to counter terrorism and naxal menace with added swiftness and stealth. The UAVs till now were used by various security forces to gather intelligence and conduct reconaissance missions in unfriendly terrian but commandos onboard is a...
With terror as well as conventional threats emanating from sea remaining a clear and present danger, India wants to keep hawk-eyed tabs on the entire Indian Ocean Region (IOR). And, if required, “kill” any threat before it approaches Indian shores. After finalizing the acquisition of 12 P-8I Poseidon long-range maritime reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft for $3.1 billion, the Navy has...
The shrine at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh may get an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance as part of security enhancement plans for the temple which is visited by thousands of devotees daily, a temple official said Tuesday. A two kg, battery-operated surveillance UAV, designed and developed by a Bangalore-based firm, was test-flown during the Navaratri Brahmotsavam (held for nine days Oct...
The Indian Air Force on Saturday refuted claims by the Home Ministry that one of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) had caused a security alert during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games by flying below its prescribed height. Home Ministry sources had said on Friday that the UAV in question had started flying below 6,000 feet, triggering a...
New Delhi, Oct.16 (ANI): “RUSTOM”, the medium altitude long endurance Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) being developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment, a premier Defence Research and Development Organisation lab specializing in UAVs and flight control systems, was successfully flown in its maiden flight here on Saturday. The aircraft was flown exactly as planned, up to a height of 3000 feet...
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) It was a major security scare on the day of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony when an IAF’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle came below the prescribed height –possibly to give its controllers a peep of the spectacle. Sources privy to the CWG security arrangements today said that an Indian Air Force’s UAV had descended below...
NEW DELHI: Taking the next step towards drafting mini-UAVs as a force multiplier in counter-Naxal operations, the security establishment will conduct more trials for the T-Hawk micro air vehicle (MAV), a product of US-based Honeywell Aerospace , to test its feasibility in different terrain and surroundings. Incidentally, Honeywell had carried out live demonstration and trials for T-Hawk at the...
India Defence Online, New Delhi — In a first of its kind move, the state-ownedDefence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has decided to include the private sector for the ‘Rustom’ Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) project. The Rustom UAV project is spearheaded by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), part of the DRDO and the private aeronautical firm Taneja Aerospace &...
Indian website Mid Day reports that snipers will be used to shoot down any UAS that fly towards the Commonwealth Games site! Intelligence sources say terror attacks possible in high-security areas using aerial vehicles Delhi police is busy clearing the air. This after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has received reports of probable attacks using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) during...
Controversy surrounds the Commonwealth Games,Team England chairman Sir Andrew Foster admits problems with the athletes’ village have left the competition “on a knife-edge” and facing “a critical 24 to 48 hours”. Scotland team officials delayed the departure of their first athletes to Delhi, having yesterday described their accommodation as “unsafe and unfit for human habitation”. Now it seems unmanned...
