Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Goa govt's Drone Policy 2022 promotes use of unmanned aerial vehicles

The Drone Policy 2022 launched by the Goa government has suggested that its departments consider the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles for efficient and effective governance. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday launched the Drone Policy 2022, as per which the government will engage with technical institutes and academia to design drone-related courses for use in sectors like agriculture, horticulture, forestry, healthcare, mining and others. The government will help in establishing drone schools that offer various courses in drone operations and pilot certification, the policy said, adding the government will encourage the setting up of centres of excellence within higher academic institutions to promote research and development. The policy mentions that "drones offer tremendous benefits to almost every sector of the economy, including but not limited to agriculture, infrastructure, emergency response, transportation, geospatial mapping, media, entertainment, law enforcement an

Centre proposes amendment in export policy for certain types of drones

The Centre has proposed an amendment in its export policy for certain types of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), dropping the requirement to receive authorisation

Drone rules to give a fillip to manufacturing of unmanned aerial vehicles

The IITs have been working on a host of applications involving drones with different types of capabilities and applications

Will neutralise drones, UAVs near installations, says Indian Navy

The Indian Navy in Goa has warned against flying drones or unmanned UAVs near naval installations, stating that such devices would be "neutralised"

Draft drone rules propose to make it easy to operate the aerial vehicles

The new rules, the ministry said, have been built on a premise of trust, self-certification and non-intrusive monitoring

Paras Aerospace, SpearUAV sign MoU to introduce micro-tactical UAV in India

SpearUAV provides unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) solutions for defence and homeland security applications

Drone taxis and deliveries: Science fiction gets closer to reality in Seoul

The vehicle glided above the river for around 10 minutes at a height of about 36 meters and reaching speeds of up to 50 kilometers (31 miles) an hour

China's indigenous unmanned plateau helicopter makes maiden flight

This flight broke the record for the elevation at which a domestically built unmanned helicopter took off and landed

India, US negotiating UAV co-development programme: Pentagon official

Often described as the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer, Lord said that US-India defence cooperation has made great strides in the last few years

BS READS: Drone operators unite, lend a helping hand in coronavirus fight

In the era of social-distancing, flying objects will take ahead the battle against Covid-19. Here are the start-ups making this possible

L&T, UAV maker ideaForge sign pact for unmanned defence systems

Infrastructure giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday said it has entered into a pact with ideaForge, domestic unmanned aerial vehicles manufacturer, to offer drones and allied systems for defence use. "L&T and ideaForge...have entered (into) an MoU (memorandum of understanding) to offer drones and allied systems for defence use," the company said in a filing to the BSE. Both companies will combine their strengths to offer hi-tech integrated drone solutions to enhance security and surveillance. They will also offer anti-drone solutions to counter the threat of malicious or unintended usage of drones. "The MoU involves collaboration on technology, products, deployment and go-to-market strategies," it said. It will unlock the full potential of unmanned systems in security, surveillance and protection solutions. With the ever-increasing adoption of drone technology, the partnership will redefine the landscape of unmanned systems. "We are teaming as partners of choice to ...

DRDO unmanned aerial vehicle crashes in farmland in Karnataka, none injured

The incident created quite a scare at Jodi Chillenahalli village as a loud noise was heard after the drone crashed

Guidelines for flying UAVs: Good beginning but guidelines need to be liberalised, says Amber Dubey

The height restriction of 200 feet for UAVs operator permits (UAOP) should be increased to at least 500 feet

Guidelines for flying UAVs: Without penalty, provisions remain ineffective, says Piyush Gupta

A lot of interest is being shown on the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or drones in the country, both for commercial and recreational purposes