DRDO anti-drone technology

With rising use of drones, DRDO develops own counter technology.

Indigenous - The DRDO is developing an indigenous counter-drone technology, which is capable of counter-attacks including detection, soft kill and hard kill of all types of drones.

The counter-drone system is ready for production and is already demonstrated to armed services and other internal security agencies.

Technology - The technology is transferred to Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru, who is the production agency for the system.

In addition, Transfer of Technology is given to four more Indian firms for production of anti-drone systems.

TAPAS - The Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle TAPAS was developed for ISTAR (Intelligence in Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Target Acquisition).

Battery - Lithium Ion-based battery with indigenous battery management system has been developed by the DRDO in association with a private vendor and is being used on Tapas UAV.

TAPAS is currently only in developmental stage.

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