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The DRDO`s plan for an eye in the sky

THE NEW DRDO - PART 3

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Ajai Shukla New Delhi

But one piece of kit that has repeatedly proved its relevance is the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), a remotely piloted aircraft that circles several thousand feet over a target area, continuously relaying high-definition pictures to a monitor, far away.

The UAV has shown, in counter-insurgency and in anti-terrorist operations as much as in war, the critical importance of an "eye in the sky".

 

Unsurprisingly then, India's Defence R&D Organisation

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First Published: May 31 2008 | 12:00 AM IST

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