Indian Army Inducts Indigenous FPV Drones

In a pioneering move, the Indian Army has recently inducted its first batch of indigenously developed First Person View (FPV) drones equipped with anti-tank payloads, marking a breakthrough in homegrown tactical drone warfare capabilities.

  • The drone was co-developed by Major Cephas Chetan and the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh, under a project launched in August 2024.
  • The drones are armed with impact-based, kamikaze-role anti-tank munitions and were entirely assembled at the Rising Star Drone Battle School, which has produced over 100 drones to date.
  • These FPV drones mirror battlefield innovations observed in the Ukraine conflict, where such systems ....
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