male UAV | IMR https://imrmedia.in/tag/male-uav/ Indian Military Review, Defense News, Indian Defence Review Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:51:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-IMR-Logo-512x512-px-32x32.jpg male UAV | IMR https://imrmedia.in/tag/male-uav/ 32 32 Indian Army’s Urgent Push for Indigenous MALE UAV Development  https://imrmedia.in/indian-armys-urgent-push-for-indigenous-male-uav-development/ https://imrmedia.in/indian-armys-urgent-push-for-indigenous-male-uav-development/#respond Sun, 09 Mar 2025 04:45:15 +0000 https://imrmedia.in/?p=17708 The Indian Army is urgently seeking to upgrade its fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) amid ongoing border tensions with China, as its current Israeli- sourced drones age and fail to meet modern operational demands. The Army has set ambitious specifications for new Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAVs, emphasizing the need for indigenous development […]

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]]> The Indian Army is urgently seeking to upgrade its fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) amid ongoing border tensions with China, as its current Israeli- sourced drones age and fail to meet modern operational demands. The Army has set ambitious specifications for new Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAVs, emphasizing the need for indigenous development under the Make in India initiative. Despite challenges faced by domestic projects like the Tapas BH-201 and Archer NG, the Army is calling on the private sector to innovate or partner with foreign firms to meet these pressing requirements. This move reflects India’s commitment to enhancing self-reliance in defense technology while strategically strengthening its surveillance capabilities along the Line of Actual Control.

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]]> https://imrmedia.in/indian-armys-urgent-push-for-indigenous-male-uav-development/feed/ 0 Rustom-2 UAV Gets Massive Upgrade https://imrmedia.in/rustom-2-uav-gets-massive-upgrade/ https://imrmedia.in/rustom-2-uav-gets-massive-upgrade/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:58:00 +0000 https://imrmedia.in/?p=10802 Rustom-2, India’s medium-altitude long-endurance drone being developed by the DRDO, is targeted to achieve a huge milestone in April when it will take off from its test range in Karnataka’s Chitradurga to fly for more than 18 hours at a height of over 27,000 feet. Rustom-2, also known as Tapas-BH (Tactical Airborne Platform for Aerial […]

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]]> Rustom-2, India’s medium-altitude long-endurance drone being developed by the DRDO, is targeted to achieve a huge milestone in April when it will take off from its test range in Karnataka’s Chitradurga to fly for more than 18 hours at a height of over 27,000 feet.

Rustom-2, also known as Tapas-BH (Tactical Airborne Platform for Aerial Surveillance-Beyond Horizon 201), successfully completed the last flight test in October 2020 when it successfully flew for eight hours at an altitude of 16,000 feet.

The hard push to Rustom-2 is seen in the context of the continuing efforts to indigenously produce cutting-edge military equipment. In 2020, the government unveiled plans to ban the import of 101 types of weapons and ammunition over the next five years ranging from artillery guns to conventional submarines and missiles.

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