Border Security Force (BSF) will soon be procuring handheld ‘Anti Drone Guns’ to prevent Pakistani drones from entering Indian territory. A draft Qualitative Requirement have been made by the BSF. They have invited comments from vendors and possible manufacturers to ensure market availability of the subject item.
These handheld anti-drone guns will be useful for patrolling teams in border areas who sometimes see drones flying but could not do more as it was out of their firing range. In 2022 alone so far, around 60 drone sightings of unmanned aerial vehicles near Punjab were reported and many more remained unreported.
Anti-Drone Gun should be hand-held, easily transportable and operable in day and night environment. The system should be easily deployable with ease and should be a lightweight Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) countermeasure solution designed for one hand or two hand operations.
The system should be able to cut off communication between the visually detected UAV and the remote controller by jamming data links to the UAV/RC. In terms of operational capability, it should be capable of neutralizing the flying object (UAV) or group of UAVs (Swarm attack) from a distance (as specified or better) of at least 2,500 metres. “The gun should be capable to neutralize the flying object by jamming its radio and GPS links and force landing the UAV at its place of operation within 10 seconds after detection,” the BSF document sent to the Home ministry reads.
