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The Amaravati Drone Summit 2024 is an initiative aimed at establishing Andhra Pradesh as a hub for drone technology in India. Organized by the Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation in collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Drone Federation of India, the summit took place on October 22 and 23 at the CK Convention in Mangalagiri with over 6,900 participants, including industry ...
It was formally inducted into Indian army's corps of engineers on 19 December 2011. The Indian army placed a total order of 20 ROVs and 6 of them are now operational with army. Each unit cost about Rs. 9 million. [73] [74] DRDO is developing robotic soldiers and mules capable of carrying luggage up to 400 kg at high altitudes. [75]
The DRDO Rustom (lit: "Warrior") is a family of medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the three services, Indian Army, Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force, of the Indian Armed Forces. [4]
In July 2013 during the 136th Jagannath Rath Yatra, Ahmedabad became the first Indian city to use UAVs for crowd management. [15] Three Netra UAVs were used in Uttarakhand by the NDRF for locating people during the 2013 North India floods. [21] [22] It was Netra's first deployment in a disaster rescue operation.
The Tactical Airborne Platform for Aerial Surveillance Beyond Horizon-201 [2] or TAPAS BH-201(Sanskrit: तपस्; lit. Heat) (formerly referred to as Rustom-II until 2016 [3]) is a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) [4] unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) being developed in India by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) on the lines of General Atomics MQ-1 Predator.
India's Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) has just announced the successful flight test of a Lakshya-2 pilotless targeting drone. According to a DRDO statement on 21 dec 2010, "Users have indicated their requirement of flying pilotless target aircraft at very low altitudes (15 to 25 metres above sea level) to simulate the trajectory ...
The drones are operable at high-altitudes, rough-weather conditions and can fly at a speed of 100 km/h and has ability to strike multiple drones at the target. [ 5 ] For promoting drone development, the Indian Air Force also launched a three-year long competition in 2018, named, Mehar Baba Swarm Drone Competition that was open for distinct ...
The renewed international interest is believed to be led by India, which has requested access to the capability as a potential follow-on to the planned acquisition of as many as 20 GA-ASI MQ-9 UAVs, 10 each for its Army and Navy [25] and wants to acquire 100 Avenger drones for its Air Force at the cost of $8 billion. [26] [25]