Indian Navy Seeks 50 Ship Borne Drones

on March 2, 2015

UAVs to be used in anti-piracy, counter terror and SAR.

Indian Navy Seeks 50 Ship Borne Drones

India’s Directorate of Naval Air Staff has issued Request for Information (RFI) last month seeking 50 ‘Naval Ship-Borne Unmanned Aerial Vehicles’ (NSUAS) that can augment various patrolling and search-related tactics on its vessels.

Indian Navy currently operates two squadrons of Israeli-origin Heron and Searcher Mk-II UAVs at the Indian Naval Air Station (INAS) 342 at Kochi and INAS 343 at Porbandar in Gujarat and Kerala.

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Source: defenseworld.net

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Indian Navy Seeks 50 Ship Borne Drones

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