Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

The certification process needs to be made agile and transparent for enhancing skilling to meet the requirements of the Indian aviation manufacturing and the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry.

• R.K. Narang
• October 31, 2023
• Issue Brief

UCAVs can impose a major decision dilemma on the adversary and act as a part of a combined arms offensive in the air, in their role as ‘loyal wingman’ for manned fighter jets.

• Akshat Upadhyay
• July 31, 2023
• IDSA Comments

The strike against Zawahiri is being hailed as a vindication of the US’s ‘over-the-horizon’ strategy in eradicating terrorism without placing boots on the ground.

• Saman Ayesha Kidwai
• August 16, 2022
• Issue Brief

The confluence of technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Cloud Computing with Unmanned Ground Vehicles has created enormous opportunities for creating intelligent autonomous systems both in the commercial and defence sectors.

• Sanur Sharma
• April 22, 2022
• Issue Brief

While India is establishing a strong aviation ecosystem by bringing together all stakeholders including the government, DPSUs, tri-services, academia and industry partners, it is believed that private Indian industries will be the crusaders for the government in defence production, particularly in the UAV vertical.

• A. Karunakaran
• January 27, 2022
• IDSA Comments

With a display of 1,000 indigenously produced swarm drones during the Beating Retreat, India would become the fourth nation to achieve such a feat, making it a front row actor with a strong foothold in the field of drone technology.

• Sanur Sharma
• January 25, 2022
• IDSA Comments

The Civilian Aviation Requirements for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, though fairly well drafted, constitute only a stop gap measure for regulating drone operations in the civil sector.

• Atul Pant
• October 31, 2018
• IDSA Comments

How different will the USAF look after the proposed restructuring with 74 additional squadrons? Will there be a trade-off between quality and quantity?

• Kishore Kumar Khera
• September 28, 2018
• IDSA Comments