Bottlenecks in Developing Arms

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed Unmanned Airborne Reconnaissance Vehicle, Nishant with imagery payload, which has already undergone Limited Series Production (LSP). Another Unmanned Airborne Reconnaissance Vehicle, Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Rustom-I has also been developed by DRDO and being evaluated by the user. It has gimballed payload for imagery reconnaissance and target tracking capability in day and night. DRDO has again undertaken a project to develop its advanced version as Rustom-II with Electronic Intelligence (ELINT), Communication Intelligence (COMINT), Medium and Long Range Electro-optic Payloads and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR).