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What is FireDrone?

Imperial College London and Empa have collaborated to develop an innovative prototype drone known as FireDrone. This cutting-edge technology aims to address the limitations of current drones used...

July 6, 2023

Skyhawk: India’s first 5G enabled drone

Startup firm IG Drones, which was born out of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) campus in Odisha’s Sambalpur has developed a 5G-enabled drone that is capable...

January 16, 2023

NITI Aayog: Experience Studio on Drones

An experience studio on drones at NITI Aayog was launched by the Union Minister of Civil Aviation. What is the aim of the experience studio on drones? To...

May 13, 2022

PLI Scheme for Drone Industry

The production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the drone industry was notified by the Ministry of civil aviation in September 2021. About the scheme Under the scheme, manufacturers of...

March 11, 2022

MoCA Suggestions on Use of Drones

The Ministry of Civil Aviation recently made certain suggestions on using drones. The suggestions were made from surveillance to disaster management. Also, the ministry suggested the Home Ministry...

January 8, 2022

Ministry of civil aviation notified Liberalized Drone Rules 2021

Union ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) notified the liberalized Drone Rules, 2021, on August 26, 2021. About Liberalized Drone Rules, 2021 These liberalized rules will replace the unmanned...

August 26, 2021

IAF to procure 10 Anti-drone systems

Following a drone attack at Indian Air Force (IAF) station in Jammu, Air force has decided to procure 10 anti-drone systems in order to stop such attacks in...

July 6, 2021

Srinagar bans Storage, Sale, Possession, Use and Transport of UAVs

Authorities in Srinagar district have banned storage, sale, possession, use and transport of drones and similar kinds of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs_ within the territorial jurisdiction of district....

July 5, 2021

What is Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flights of drones?

The Ministry of Aviation (Government of India) recently allowed twenty entities to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BLVOS) flights of drones. What is Beyond Visual Line of...

May 6, 2021

Agri Ministry to use Drones to support PMFBY

The agriculture ministry was allowed to use drones for the purpose of remote sensing data collection under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Highlights The conditional permission was...

February 20, 2021

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