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14 firms have been shotlisted for the poductivity linked incentive scheme for drones

14 firms shortlisted for production-linked incentive

Adani’s joint venture company with Israeli firm Elbit as well as IdeaForge Technology are among the 14 drone companies that have been selected as...
Second edition of the ‘Mehar Baba’ swarm drone competition for stat-ups to develop a swarm drone-based system was launched on 6 April

Second edition of swarm drone competition for start-ups launched

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled the second edition of the ‘Mehar Baba’ swarm drone competition by the Indian Air Force (IAF) for Indian start-ups...
A high level committee will examine the requirement of Predator drones in view of the ban imposed on imports

High-level committee formed to decide on Predator drone deal

Amid a strong push by Prime Minister Narendra Modi government for ‘Make in India’ in defence, the defence ministry has formed a committee under...
The Indian Army is looking for drones for surveillnace in high altitude areas

Indian Army explores quadcopters for surveillance

The Ministry of Defence released an RFI, on 4 May, to identify vendors who can deliver high-altitude surveillance quadcopters to the Indian Army. More...
ideaFoge has raised $20 mn from Florintree and Infosys

ideaForge raises $20 mn from Florintree, Infosys

Drone manufacturer ideaForge has closed its Series B funding round of $20 million led by Florintree, a company led by Mathew Cyriac, the former...
DRDO wants to test DEW system using drones

DRDO issues RFI for drones to test DEW

DRDO's Centre for High Energy Systems and Sciences (CHESS) issued an RFI, in April, for the operation and field maintenance & repair for a...
Lohia Aerospace stand at Defexpo 2020

Lohia Aerospace to make aerostructures for Drones

Kanpur-based Lohia Aerospace Systems has emerged as India’s first manufacturer of aerostructures - including wings and fuselage - for loitering munitions, which are in...
DRDO's Rustom-II (TAPAS) drone

HAL to start production of first Rustom-II Drones

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is slated to start the production of the first five Rustom-II TAPAS Drones. The flight control systems, avionics and data-linked...
Australian UAV Technologies team

Hawking Defence ties up with Australian UAV Technologies

Defence tech startup Hawking Defence Services, on 19 April, said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Australian UAV Technologies, an unmanned...
Tresa Energy will build electric inflatable boats for the Indian Navy

Tresa Energy to build electric inflatable boats for Indian Navy

A Bengaluru-based EV platform startup — Tresa Energy — has begun a 12-month pilot (prototype-stage) to build a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) called the...

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