NEW DELHI: Launch of another acquisition project for drones, Army currently looking to equip 750 mini-remote-controlled aircraft (RPAVs) to the elite Para Task Force to carry out covert missions behind enemy lines.
“The current unstable situation along the northern border with China warrants the rapid procurement of RPAV,” the military said on Tuesday. The mobile RPAV for men, each weighing less than 2 kg with a 30-minute endurance, will be purchased through a fast-track process in urgent shopping under the category “Buy (India)” “.
“RPAVs will be multiplied as a powerful situational awareness device to provide day and night surveillance, along with the ability to scan the target area and provide a processed 3D scanned image of the target. target to perform special missions,” said one officer.
The drones, with day and night vision cameras and the ability to take off and land vertically, will allow Task Force Para “to carry out precision strikes on the exact spot. in direct action missions such as raiding, destroying high-value targets, the officer added.
Lessons learned from recent conflicts, from Armenia-Azerbaijan to Russia-Ukraine amid continued military confrontation with China in the east LadakhThe 120,000-strong Army has kicked off several projects to acquire different types of drones in the past two months, as TOI previously reported.
These include kamikaze drones, armed drones, logistics drones, surveillance quadcopters for infantry battalions and the like. For artillery regiments, the Army will locally procure 80 mini-remote control aircraft (RPAS) systems, 10 runway-independent RPASs, 44 upgraded long-range surveillance systems, and 106 inertial navigation system for better long-range and high-altitude steering. Concentrate fire on enemy targets.
Then, in addition to continuously deploying the first batch of “ bombs’ drones or kamikaze drones, the Army also wants to buy 12 sets of autonomous and armed surveillance drones (A-SADS), each set has 50-75 artificial intelligence activations. flying vehicles are capable of communicating with control stations as well as between them.
While seven of these groups are for high-altitude areas with China, the other five groups of drones are for operations in desert and plain areas along the border with China. Pakistanas previously reported by TOI.
“The current unstable situation along the northern border with China warrants the rapid procurement of RPAV,” the military said on Tuesday. The mobile RPAV for men, each weighing less than 2 kg with a 30-minute endurance, will be purchased through a fast-track process in urgent shopping under the category “Buy (India)” “.
“RPAVs will be multiplied as a powerful situational awareness device to provide day and night surveillance, along with the ability to scan the target area and provide a processed 3D scanned image of the target. target to perform special missions,” said one officer.
The drones, with day and night vision cameras and the ability to take off and land vertically, will allow Task Force Para “to carry out precision strikes on the exact spot. in direct action missions such as raiding, destroying high-value targets, the officer added.
Lessons learned from recent conflicts, from Armenia-Azerbaijan to Russia-Ukraine amid continued military confrontation with China in the east LadakhThe 120,000-strong Army has kicked off several projects to acquire different types of drones in the past two months, as TOI previously reported.
These include kamikaze drones, armed drones, logistics drones, surveillance quadcopters for infantry battalions and the like. For artillery regiments, the Army will locally procure 80 mini-remote control aircraft (RPAS) systems, 10 runway-independent RPASs, 44 upgraded long-range surveillance systems, and 106 inertial navigation system for better long-range and high-altitude steering. Concentrate fire on enemy targets.
Then, in addition to continuously deploying the first batch of “ bombs’ drones or kamikaze drones, the Army also wants to buy 12 sets of autonomous and armed surveillance drones (A-SADS), each set has 50-75 artificial intelligence activations. flying vehicles are capable of communicating with control stations as well as between them.
While seven of these groups are for high-altitude areas with China, the other five groups of drones are for operations in desert and plain areas along the border with China. Pakistanas previously reported by TOI.
