Indian army finally gets 'eyes in the sky'; Indo-Israeli firm bags order

Army invokes special financial powers for urgent surveillance need

With Cyient Solutions and Systems (CSS) on Tuesday announcing its first ever sale of SpyLite mini unmanned aerial systems (mini-UAS) to the military, the Indian Army has begun acquiring the urgently needed surveillance capability of being able to look down at a combat zone from the sky.

In border flashpoints like Doklam, or in regular encounters with armed militants in Kashmir, the army has functioned without the essential ability to quickly put “eyes in the sky” to look beyond the nearest hill, or treeline, or clump of buildings. Instead, soldiers have had to wait for a helicopter to reach the