UAV News
With India facing terror challenges in the mountain terrain and high-altitude areas having terror hideouts where the fatality probability is high for armed forces, stealth UAVs can enhance not only firepower but can help detect hidden targets and eliminate them.
In a tragic incident, an Unmanned Aeriel Vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Indian Air Force crashed near a residential area in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district. According to initial reports, the UAV fell near Amar Shaheed Sagarmal Gopa Colony in Jaisalmer city.
Pakistan is planning to deploy medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at Line of Control (LoC) to create in Jammu and Kashmir, according to reports.
Security agencies sources said that Pakistan has procured Cai Hong-4 (CH-4) UAV from China in big numbers in order to unleash mayhem in Kashmir valley.
It is learnt that a 10 member-team of Pakistan Army led by Brigadier Mohammad Zafar Iqbal has visited China to review the procurement process.
The downing of the drones came in the midst of heightened tension between India and Pakistan after IAF struck a terrorist training camp in Pakistan's Balakot and subsequent retaliation by Islamabad.
Stealth combat UAV CH-7 is considered to be the most advanced home-grown drone by China till date.
With the aim to encouraging the aviation industry, two task force have been constituted -- one to explore the possibility of manufacturing aircraft and the other on manufacturing of unmanned aerial vehicles (Drones) in India
The notification banning UAVs, UASs has been issued by Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik.
Drones can be used in the city only after prior permission from the local police station.
Customer-focused innovation in UAV technology and the rise in demand for UAVs for surveillance, civil, and commercial applications from global markets will drive this growth.
The US has been actively operating drones in the tribal regions of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border since 2004. Pakistan sees it as a violation of its territorial integrity.
U.S. forces said the drone was fired on after it "displayed hostile intent and advanced on coalition forces", and a Western intelligence source said the so-called UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) was Iranian.
Pakistan violated Indian air space on January 01 this year when its UAV came around 400 m inside Uri Sector at LoC, as per media reports.
The North Goa district administration on Wednesday banned the use of drones by private individuals and entities for 60 days, terming the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a "security threat".
There are intelligence inputs which suggest possible use of sub-conventional aerial platforms by terrorists, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
The Indian Air Force is considering the creation of a separate cadre for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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