Tata arm joins hands with DroneAcharya to train drone pilots in India

This growth is expected to continue, creating numerous job opportunities for skilled individuals in the drone sector

The attacks on multiple Israeli civilian and military targets by the Gaza-based Islamist militant group, Hamas, are only the most recent illustration of the capabilities that militarised drones -- the short name for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) -- provide, even in a low- or medium-technology environment.

Drones have entered the public imagination and lexicon as military instruments. In 1999, India’s military acquired its first drones from Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). These were Searcher-1 and Searcher-2 drones, which flew reconnaissance missions over Pakistan, gathering military photographic intelligence that proved invaluable in the Kargil War that year. When the US military entered