Drone up
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Drone up

Times of India  

Times of India’s Edit Page team comprises senior journalists with wide-ranging interests who debate and opine on the news and issues of the day. But solution lies in innovation, not dialling back a liberal drone policy Recent reports of drones being used by suspected militants in Manipur to drop bombs and attack security forces are troubling. Plus, Pakistani drones have been dropping weapons and drugs across LoC for some years now – a headache for Indian security agencies. In the Manipur case, it’s suspected that the attack drones were fitted with ammunition looted from the state armoury. To stay ahead of the game and innovate appropriate anti-drone systems from a security point of view, it’s imperative to further encourage private use and development of drones.

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How Chinese components in Indian drones pose a national security threat
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How Chinese components in Indian drones pose a national security threat

Firstpost  

India’s reliance on imported drone components, particularly from adversary nations, poses serious cybersecurity risks, supply chain vulnerabilities, and operational vulnerabilities China leads the global drone industry, dominating up to 90 per cent of the commercial market, with DJI, a Chinese firm, reportedly owning a whopping 70 per cent market share. Image courtesy: Wikimedia Commons India’s presence of Chinese components in …

INDIA TODAY impact: China shadow on military drones, govt cancels deals
1 month, 2 weeks ago

INDIA TODAY impact: China shadow on military drones, govt cancels deals

India Today  

The Ministry of Defence has cancelled three contracts for procurement of 400 drones, meant for installation along the China border, over security threats from Chinese components and electronics in them—a concern highlighted by an INDIA TODAY report in the magazine’s February 10, 2025 edition. INDIA TODAY’s report, ‘Chinese Threat in Indian Drones’, had pointed to how the use of Chinese …

What is Indian Army planning to do to avoid hacking of army drones in the future? Officials say...
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What is Indian Army planning to do to avoid hacking of army drones in the future? Officials say...

Firstpost  

‘At a time when our adversaries are so heavily focused on cyber and electronic attack capabilities, EW resilience is important,’ a senior Indian Army official said An Indian Army soldier uses a drone to keep vigil near the Line of Control. While UAVs and Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems reduce risks to human soldiers and offer precision strike capabilities in contested …

What is Indian Army planning to do to avoid hacking of army drones in the future? Officials say...
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What is Indian Army planning to do to avoid hacking of army drones in the future? Officials say...

Firstpost  

‘At a time when our adversaries are so heavily focused on cyber and electronic attack capabilities, EW resilience is important,’ a senior Indian Army official said An Indian Army soldier uses a drone to keep vigil near the Line of Control. While UAVs and Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems reduce risks to human soldiers and offer precision strike capabilities in contested …

Chinese threat in Indian drones
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Chinese threat in Indian drones

India Today  

Sometimes, it takes a glaring mishap to lay bare a festering problem. According to defence officials, what initially seemed like a technical glitch turned into a chilling revelation: the “Make in India” drone had actually been hacked, its Chinese components exploited to wrest control from Indian operators. “Most Indian UAV manufacturers prefer importing engines, hydraulic systems, electronics, airframes and other …

Indian Army's 'Make in India' drones hacked in border areas: Report
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Indian Army's 'Make in India' drones hacked in border areas: Report

Firstpost  

Over the past year, Indian Army’s drones have been hacked in at least two instances in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, according to a report An Indian Army soldier uses a drone to keep vigil near the Line of Control following an attack on an Army convoy at Akhnoor sector in Jammu and Kashmir, Monday, October 28, …

Biden administration’s drone solution? A commission on ‘congestion’
3 months, 1 week ago

Biden administration’s drone solution? A commission on ‘congestion’

Politico  

All the while, concerns about the mystery sightings have continued to proliferate on social media and in news reports, including among law enforcement and elected officials, in what has become a burgeoning public relations fiasco for the waning Biden administration. Kirby offered the blue-ribbon panel option on Monday, saying that when Congress returns in January the White House will “be …

India to soon have its comprehensive anti-drone unit: HM Shah at BSF event
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India to soon have its comprehensive anti-drone unit: HM Shah at BSF event

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday announced that India will soon have a comprehensive anti-drone unit to deal with the ever-increasing menace of unmanned aerial vehicles being used for trans-border dropping of weapons and drugs along the western frontiers with Pakistan. Speaking as the chief guest at an event to mark the Border Security Force’s 60th Raising …

Will a new incentives package help India's drone industry lift off?
6 months, 1 week ago

Will a new incentives package help India's drone industry lift off?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s nascent drone ecosystem is set to receive a ₹3,000-crore booster shot, with the Centre planning a new production-linked incentive scheme for the industry, three people aware of the development said on condition of anonymity. “The incentives plan that’s being discussed includes ₹1,000 crore in PLI support for each of three verticals—drone R&D, testing and component infrastructure, and …

Cheap drones are changing war. This is how they went from a weekend hobby to a weapon
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Cheap drones are changing war. This is how they went from a weekend hobby to a weapon

ABC  

Speaking from his home in Alabama, the "da Vinci of drones" reflects on how he unintentionally helped build a "terrifyingly powerful" weapon over the course of a decade in racing. The world has entered a "second drone age" defined by the spread of weaponised commercial drones, says James Patton Rogers, a drone expert and war historian with Cornell University. Australian …

Fast-tracking the flight of India’s drone industry
1 year, 9 months ago

Fast-tracking the flight of India’s drone industry

Hindustan Times  

India is keen to leverage its nascent civilian drone industry to become a global hub. In what this brief collectively calls the Drone Regulations 3.0, it includes the liberalised Drone Rules 2021, a production-linked incentive scheme, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management policy, the certification scheme for unmanned aircraft systems, the drone import policy, and the Drone Rules, 2022. This …

Terror drones from Pakistan demand a comprehensive national security response
2 years ago

Terror drones from Pakistan demand a comprehensive national security response

Firstpost  

The skies over India are becoming battlegrounds for a new kind of threat: terror drones. Over the past three weeks, Indian security forces stationed along India’s international border states, particularly Punjab, Rajasthan, and Jammu and Kashmir, have intercepted more than a dozen terror drones launched from Pakistan. With the threat of terror drones looming large, India needs to urgently evolve …

After terrorists, Pakistani drones infiltrate into India
2 years, 4 months ago

After terrorists, Pakistani drones infiltrate into India

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The BSF has been “bombarded” by the onslaught of drone flights from across the Pakistan border on the western front, and instances of the aerial vehicles bringing drugs, arms and ammunition more than doubled in 2022, the force's Director General Pankaj Kumar Singh has said. Quantifying the enormity of the drone menace, the DG said while the BSF …

Partho Dasgupta - “Drones need to be effectively used, anti-drone tech is critical”
2 years, 7 months ago

Partho Dasgupta - “Drones need to be effectively used, anti-drone tech is critical”

Deccan Chronicle  

With technology changing almost every day, it seems like anything and everything can be turned into a weapon in the hands of people with ulterior motives. ” “With its various applications in agriculture, geo-mapping, land surveys, aerial cinematography, disaster management, mining activities, etc these Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have become vital in most sectors,” says Partho Dasgupta. There needs to be …

Anti-Drone solutions must have a critical tech feature to detect a rogue drone during public events
2 years, 7 months ago

Anti-Drone solutions must have a critical tech feature to detect a rogue drone during public events

India TV News  

Anti-Drone solutions must have a critical tech feature to detect a rogue drone during public events Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned the import of 101 defense equipment in August 2020 during Covid. Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned the import of 101 defense equipment in August 2020 during Covid. Major Vijay, President at ACSG corporation,” Using Commercial Off the Shelf technologies, …

How drones are changing our lives, from conflict to corgis
2 years, 9 months ago

How drones are changing our lives, from conflict to corgis

The Telegraph  

From wedding photographers to nature documentary filmmakers, from disaster-relief agencies to emergency services, the last decade has seen drones replace helicopters in countless situations, enabling high-definition footage to be captured from locations that were previously inaccessible – or accessible only at great expense. Their ubiquity has been driven by several advances: software and controllers that have made them ever easier …

Drones Can Help India's Agro Industry to Take Off, Lift Other Sectors: VFLYX CEO
2 years, 11 months ago

Drones Can Help India's Agro Industry to Take Off, Lift Other Sectors: VFLYX CEO

News 18  

When it comes to technical advancement, the scenario is not the same as 10 years ago. News18 spoke to Vishal Saurav, CEO & Founder of VFLYX India, a drone technology company based in Bengaluru planning to invest around 3.4 million dollars in R&D, manufacturing, and testing of drones. We are expecting the drone market to grow tenfold in the next …

Counter-drone technology developed, transferred to industries: DRDO chief
3 years, 5 months ago

Counter-drone technology developed, transferred to industries: DRDO chief

India Today  

Defence Research and Development Organisation has developed counter-drone technology and transferred it to industries, which have taken orders from the armed forces and security forces of the country, a senior official of the organisation said on Thursday. It has all the necessary elements required to counter drones, whether it is detection, tracking or surveillance and even a process called software …

Anti-drone plan: How India is strengthening its unmanned warfare power
3 years, 6 months ago

Anti-drone plan: How India is strengthening its unmanned warfare power

India Today  

The drone attack on the Jammu air force station on June 27 was a rude wake-up call for India to enhance its anti-drone capabilities. The latest among the recent contracts is the Indian Air Force placing an order worth Rs 155 crore for anti-drone platforms or counter-unmanned aircraft systems. The IAF’s contract comes soon after the Indian Navy inked an …

In Perspective: India’s big bet on drones
3 years, 6 months ago

In Perspective: India’s big bet on drones

Hindustan Times  

Last week, India’s civil aviation ministry notified new rules covering drones — the second time that regulations were updated this year itself. The resulting rules appear to recognise that the previous regulations more or less amounted to throwing the baby out with the bathwater – a labyrinthine process ostensibly aimed at keeping the skies safe meant people had to navigate …

This is How the Emerging Drone Industry Can Have Its Make in India Moment
3 years, 8 months ago

This is How the Emerging Drone Industry Can Have Its Make in India Moment

News 18  

As India opens its arms to embrace a liberalized drone ecosystem with the Draft Drone Rules 2021, the drone industry is eyeing a boundless sky for the drones to take off. In such a scenario, even the largest drone manufacturers in the country are forced to import crucial components for drones, depriving India of a chance to go truly atmanirbhar …

Combating the drone menace: India needs to pick up pace with anti-drone measures
3 years, 8 months ago

Combating the drone menace: India needs to pick up pace with anti-drone measures

India Today  

Low flying buzzing drones with little or no sound can be a nightmare for security forces as they are difficult to detect and can be tools to carry out destruction. ANTI-DRONE SYSTEMS DEVELOPED AROUND THE WORLD ISRAEL'S DRONE DOME Just like Israel's Iron Drome that can detect and neutralise missiles, the Drome Drone is an effective system to take on …

Drone seen over Indian High Commission in Islamabad, New Delhi protests breach: All you need to know
3 years, 8 months ago

Drone seen over Indian High Commission in Islamabad, New Delhi protests breach: All you need to know

Firstpost  

Two defence personnel were injured in twin blasts conducted by drones at Jammu’s IAF station on Sunday Days after a drone attacked the Indian Air Force station in Jammu, reports said that a drone was seen in the residential area of the Indian high commission in Islamabad. Two defence personnel were injured in twin blasts conducted by drones at Jammu’s …

Is Indian Military Ready to Counter Drone-driven Attacks in Future?
3 years, 8 months ago

Is Indian Military Ready to Counter Drone-driven Attacks in Future?

The Quint  

The possibility of small unmanned aerial systems becoming very potent tools in the hands of non-state actors, insurgents, and terrorists has been foreseen by many researchers and strategists. This has led to commercially off-the-shelf availability of inexpensive autonomous drones that can carry a small payload. By 2015, insurgents in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and terrorist outfits like ISIS began to exploit …

Explained: India's drone policy, threats posed by rogue UAVs and how they can be neutralised
3 years, 8 months ago

Explained: India's drone policy, threats posed by rogue UAVs and how they can be neutralised

Firstpost  

India has guidelines in place for civilian use of drones, but the Jammu attack has shown the need for tightening rules and response strategies to provide a clear deterrence against any such attacks The first-of-its-kind attack by purported drones at the air force in Jammu prompted Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a meeting that included Union home minister Amit …

Working to Develop Drone Tech in Light of Recent Events, DRDO On It, CDS Rawat Says
3 years, 9 months ago

Working to Develop Drone Tech in Light of Recent Events, DRDO On It, CDS Rawat Says

News 18  

India has to start preparing for the future generation of warfare, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said on Monday, days after a drone, in a first-of-its-kind strike, dropped two bombs at Indian Air Force station in Jammu. Speaking on the need for acquiring anti-drone technology in an exclusive interview to CNN-News18, Gen Rawat said drones, swarms and other …

India needs drone detection systems to counter future attacks, say experts
3 years, 9 months ago

India needs drone detection systems to counter future attacks, say experts

India Today  

Two drones were spotted over the Kaluchak and Ratnuchak military stations in Jammu late Sunday night. India Today spoke to defence analyst Sameer Joshi and ideaForge Tech CEO Ankit Mehta to discuss this new form of warfare involving drones. Ankit Mehta: This is something that has been observed in other parts of the world where small drones have been used …

Drone attacks likely to alter threat perception in India
3 years, 9 months ago

Drone attacks likely to alter threat perception in India

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The first-ever drone attacks on Indian soil will have huge implication as security provided to all military bases and high-security installations in the country will have to reviewed to prevent similar strikes by terrorists. Drones have emerged as a new security threat across the world and analysts had long feared it could be used by terrorists to launch …

Government use of Chinese drones in limbo as Congress weighs ban
3 years, 9 months ago

Government use of Chinese drones in limbo as Congress weighs ban

LA Times  

More than a year after the U.S. But a ban could create problems for government users, since DJI dominates the global market for the small, low-altitude drones used by hobbyists, photographers and many businesses and governments. There aren’t many affordable and reliable alternatives, said Carrick Detweiler, the chief executive of Drone Amplified, which provides fire suppression payloads to drones operated …

Amid tensions at LAC, India and China ramp up drone technology to boost operational preparedness
4 years ago

Amid tensions at LAC, India and China ramp up drone technology to boost operational preparedness

Firstpost  

Ever since the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan broke out, the world has taken note of the extensive use of high-end military technology by using armed/unarmed drones. According to Hindustan Times, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or drones as they are popularly called, constitute one area where India lags behind and ends up relying on costly imports from countries such as …

Drone maker DJI hurt by US-China rift, takes steps to keep its hard-won lead position
4 years, 6 months ago

Drone maker DJI hurt by US-China rift, takes steps to keep its hard-won lead position

Deccan Chronicle  

Skateboarders, surfers and mountain bikers used to be the target customers for California startup Skydio, a maker of high-end drones that can home in on people and capture their movements on video all by themselves. “Do you trust DJI drones?” said promotional material teasing the launch of a new product this summer from French drone-maker Parrot. “There’s a real opportunity …

Drone maker hurt by US-China rift, opening door to US rivals
4 years, 6 months ago

Drone maker hurt by US-China rift, opening door to US rivals

Associated Press  

Skateboarders, surfers and mountain bikers used to be the target customers for California startup Skydio, a maker of high-end drones that can home in on people and capture their movements on video all by themselves. “Do you trust DJI drones?” said promotional material teasing the launch of a new product this summer from French drone-maker Parrot. “Don’t trust Chinese drones,” …

China's drone market value to exceed $11b by 2025
8 years, 9 months ago

China's drone market value to exceed $11b by 2025

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China's robust drone industry is likely to see its market value swell to 75 billion yuan by 2025, the consultancy iResearch estimated in a research paper. At the end of 2025, the unmanned aerial vehicles will be applied largely in aerial photo shooting, farm chemical spraying and forest protection, as well as security service, according to the research …

When Good Drones Go Bad
9 years, 2 months ago

When Good Drones Go Bad

Wired  

Late in the summer of 2014, surveillance footage of Syria’s Tabqa air base showed up on YouTube. “The range of scenarios that threat groups have or are likely to use drone in can be broadly divided into two types of threat: intelligence gathering or attack,” says Chris Abbott, founder and executive director of Open Briefing. Reports of weaponized drones are …

Why drones deserve a second look
11 years, 8 months ago

Why drones deserve a second look

The Hindu  

The successful and timely use of drones by India in its rescue missions in the flood-ravaged regions of Uttarakhand has challenged the dominant worldview that drones are merely indiscriminate weapons of war. Their continuous use by the United States in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, Iraq and Somalia, killing approximately 4,700 people, resulted in intense debates over the legality of these …

Drones revolutionize US warfare
12 years, 9 months ago

Drones revolutionize US warfare

China Daily  

They are robots in the sky and some say they are revolutionizing the way the United States wages wars. This is one estimate 10,000 unmanned aerial vehicles in the US military's arsenal, in addition to an undisclosed number operated by the CIA - including one that recently killed Abu Yahya al-Libi, al-Qaida's number two leader. At a time of shrinking …

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