Boost For Defence Establishment: DRDO’s Anti-Drone Technology To Now Counter Attacks

DRDO Electronics and Communication Systems (ECS) Director General Dr Jillelamudi Manjula said the “D-4 drone system would have detected attack (in Jammu) as its range is over 4 kilometres”.

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New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an anti-drone technology, which can swiftly detect and destroy drones posing a threat to national security.

This technology will give a boost to the armed forces' strategy against drones and aerial threats as the D-4 drone system can tackle close range attacks like the one, which took place at the Indian Air Force (IAF) Station in Jammu earlier on June 27.

DRDO Electronics and Communication Systems (ECS) Director-General Dr Jillelamudi Manjula said the “D-4 drone system would have detected attack (in Jammu) as its range is over 4 kilometres”.

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“The system's aim is to detect rogue drones that are likely to attack the most vulnerable places. The system has got multiple sensors and two different counterattacks to destroy the rogue drones,” ANI quoted Dr Manjula as saying.

Asserting there is a “need to detect the drones early”, she added: “Prevention can be done by early detection only, so we need to have multiple systems all around our vulnerable areas.”

The D-4 system, which was used to provide security cover during the Republic Day parade at the Rajpath in the national capital, jams the command and control system of the drones besides damaging the drones’ hardware.

This comes as the defence establishment in the country has been on a high alert post the Jammu drone attack with the personnel of the Indian Army and the IAF stepping up security and activating countermeasures at their forward bases to pre-empt such aerial attacks.

Expressing concern over the easy availability of drones, Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane earlier on Thursday said this increased the complexity of challenges faced by the security forces.

Stating building drones was akin to a “DIY project that could be tackled at home”, General Naravane said the “drones will increasingly be used in all sorts of combat in future by state and non-state actors”.