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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has undertaken several Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) projects like:-

Indigenous development of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV & Development of Aeronauical Test Range at Chitradurga (Rustom-II).

UAV Nishant.

Wheeled version of Nishant UAV Panchi.

Lead in Project for Development of Naval Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (NRUAV).

Technology Initiative for the development of MALE UAV (Rustom-I).

Nishant UAVs are useful for reconnaissance and monitoring of Naxal / terrorist infested areas. The same was demonstrated (Nishant-UAV) to CRPF at Jagdalpur, Chattisgarh in February 2015.

A 2 Kg class vehicle developed by DRDO was demonstrated to various security agencies, like Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), National Security Guard (NSG), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). These vehicles have been appreciated by them for internal security.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Smt Kamla Devi Paatle in Lok Sabha today.

 

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First Published: Aug 05 2016 | 2:28 PM IST

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