According to a Statista analysis, the Chinese market for military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) was estimated to be worth 29 billion yuan in 2019 and more than 10 billion yuan by 2020.
The attack by two drones carrying explosives on the base of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Jammu signaled a worrying increase in the threat of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to India. June 2021 saw the occurrence of this.
Drones were later found along the Pakistani border numerous times, frequently with drugs, weapons, and ammunition. Along the Pakistani border, the Border Security Force (BSF) last year reported over 190 sightings while effectively intercepting or recovering 22 drones.
According to a Statista analysis, China’s market for armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) was estimated to be worth 29 billion yuan in 2019 and more than 10 billion yuan by 2020.
According to a study by the American research and analysis website New America, India produced Rustom-I UAVs in 2009 and equipped Rustom-II MALE UAVs in 2015. This was done to seek defense against its neighbors China and Pakistan. Russia’s Ministry of Defence published a video of the Okhotnik, or Hunter, drone in August 2019.
According to an interview with Mint conducted by Grene Robotics’ founder and CEO Kiran Raju, “Indrajaal” is India’s first autonomous drone-defense dome and has the capacity to cover an enormous region of 4000 square kilometers per system, negating the need to deploy multiple Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UASs).
As the CEO of defense for Grene Robotics and a retired wing commander of the Indian Air Force, MVN Sai said, “In nations like the USA, larger drones have to comply with legislation enabling them to provide their position and digital identification upon commencing flight. They can only fly in certain areas and across certain routes. In India, similar rules are being created.
According to the article, India purportedly acquired 10 Heron drones with military capabilities from Israel in 2015. India purchased 50 Heron UAVs from Israel in 2019. Whether these MQ-9 Reapers would be armored or disarmed is still up for question. India is also thinking about the prospect of buying them from the US.
MVN Sai emphasized that Indrajaal uses powerful sensor fusion algorithms to do multi-layer eradication of the same target. Its detection accuracy improves the ability to observe the same object using several spectral bands, and by guaranteeing the nearest point of detection, it maintains a high degree of azimuth and elevation fidelity.
Earlier in April, according to a story in Hindustan Times, the Indian armed forces reduced their need for the acquisition of US MQ-9B Predator high-altitude and long endurance (HALE) drones with weapons from 30 to 18 platforms—six for the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively.
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According to MVN Sai, if a non-friendly threat is detected, the system evaluates the threat it poses to the area’s guarded assets. These evaluations are algorithmic in nature and supported by a quick analysis tool that makes use of system-generated data. Additionally, artificial intelligence can be used to help analyze data and spot trends.
Indrajaal has launched a hard-kill technology that for the first time demonstrates drone vs drone and lingering munition killing capabilities, according to Raju, who was speaking about recent events. “One of the airports has sent us a letter of intent (LOI) indicating their decision to deploy Indrajaal in the coming months,” Raju continued.
Strategic affairs experts think that India’s own automated drone dome system, Indrajaal, demonstrates the country’s dedication to ‘Atmanirbhar’ (self-reliance) in developing cutting-edge weaponry. As a distributed and decentralized system with a large coverage area, Indrajaal stands out in comparison to China’s efforts in comparable technology.
