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India not to manufacture small UAVs

August 16-31, 2011

The Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju has stated in the Parliament that the government does not propose to manufacture small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of less than 200 kg. However, the private industry is allowed to manufacture and market small UAVs.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed 370 kg UAV “Nishant” and 800 kg “Rustom-I” for the Army, having endurance of four and half hours and 12-15 hours respectively. Small UAVs generally have very low radar crosssections and may not be easily detectable by radars.