Indian Ministry of Defence, The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programme for military applications.
DRDO has developed UAV, Nishant. After the user trials, Army has placed an order for 12 UAVs along with ground support systems, which is currently under Limited Series Production.
DRDO is also taking up a programme for development of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV to meet the requirements of the three Services.
European and Israeli companies have suo motu approached DRDO for undertaking joint development programme on UAVs. Preliminary presentations have been made by European and Israeli companies to bring out and demonstrate their capabilities on UAVs.
Presently, DRDO is planning to undertake development of MALE UAV along with Indian partner only. However, if required, limited consultancy or joint development on certain key technologies regarding UAVs, may be undertaken with foreign companies.
This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri in Asaduddin Owaisi Lok Sabha today.
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