After Op Sindoor's success, UAVs caught attention: Air Marshal Dixit hails Drone Warfare Surge

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New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit believes that UAV drones has added a new dimension in the domain of warfare. He said, “This drone thing has been live for a very long time, but after Operation Sindoor's success, suddenly it has caught attention and a large number of debates are happening, and we are going deeper and deeper into this aspect. The strategic significance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs) has suddenly become known to each and every child in India. Add to this the usage of these technologies in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Russia. Today, a  lot of good suggestions have come, and we have to really improve. In my opinion, UAVs, drones have added a new dimension in warfare or domain in warfare...What we have been seeing in the last few years of drone usage is that a lot of components were coming from outside. So, military and civil authorities have to give their requirement. We have to aggregate the demands. Industry has to do innovation and innovation and innovation. All scientific organisations have to contribute to indigenous military capability and they have to continue to help us and the academy has to do foundational research..."

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00:00See this drone thing, it has been live for a very long time but after this of Sindhuur's

00:08success, suddenly it has caught attention.

00:11In my opinion, this UAV is drones and you can call it by any other name, loitering munitions

00:19that is the attraitable version and that is the one which is to be treated as maybe ammunition.

00:28It has added a new dimension in warfare or domain in warfare.

00:35All scientific organizations, they have to contribute to Indigenous military capability

00:41and they have achieved a lot.

00:42It was shown to us and they have to continue to help us.

00:48We really split this discussion even at this late hour.

00:56See this drone thing, it has been live for a very long time.

01:01But after this of Sindhuur's success, suddenly it has caught attention and a large number

01:08of debates are happening and we are going deeper and deeper into these aspects.

01:20The strategic significance of UAVs and along with it the counter UAVs has suddenly become

01:27known to each and every child in India.

01:32Add to this is the usage of these technologies in Middle East, Ukraine, Russia.

01:41But when it happened very close to us, that is how it has gathered this.

01:47And today a lot of good suggestions have come, we have to really improve.

01:53In my opinion, this UAV is drones and you can call it by any other name, loitering munitions,

02:01that is the attributable version and that is the one which is to be treated as maybe ammunition.

02:10It has added a new dimension in warfare or domain in warfare.

02:17So this unmanned is a new domain.

02:20All of us are trying to understand it and trying to do our best to achieve superiority in

02:27this domain also.

02:28That is the reason why we have gathered here that how to do indigenization of various drone

02:35components because what we have been seeing in last few years of drone usage and that

02:42a lot of components were coming from outside.

02:45So military and civil authorities have to give their requirement.

02:52That is what was told by DGPCNSI.

02:56Very valid point, we have to aggregate the demands.

03:00Industry has to do innovation and innovation and innovation and certainly your pain points

03:05which have been brought out, please submit and we will see what best we can do.

03:11All scientific organizations, they have to contribute to indigenous military capability and they have

03:17achieved a lot, it was shown to us and they have to continue to help us.

03:24And academy has to do financial research and maybe various kinds of parks and approach the

03:31whole problem in a very scientific manner.

03:37Certain issues are brought out like air space integration, adapting to evolving threats and

03:43certain lessons from recent conflict which we are learning.

03:49Interoperability and mission management was also talked about.

03:52So some very good points have emerged.

03:56Now what is the path forward?

04:00Basically a lot of points have come which we are going to compile.

04:03There are two things which I think are very very important.

04:06First one is demand aggregation and second is pipeline model of procurement.

04:11Not going through the batch procurement type of thing which we are doing.

04:17Because industry also has to get motivated to produce and should have long term visibility.

04:25Then a person will certainly invest and try to indigenize to achieve strategic independence.

04:34That is what we are looking at.

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