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Crime

Delhi police bust inter-state terror network linked to Pakistan-based ISI handler Shahzad Bhatti, 4 accused arrested with weapons and incriminating material

OpIndia Staff - 2 July, 2026

According to police, drones were used to collect firearms and drugs from over the border by the four accused.

Crime

Marian Stefankiv, Ukrainian national nabbed by NIA, had spoken about learning to fly drones, was described as ‘volunteer’ of neo-Nazi ‘Aratta’ battalion in 2020...

Anurag - 18 March, 2026

Remanded to 11 days’ NIA custody with six others, in a 2020 video, Stefankiv had spoken about learning drones, their reconnaissance role and battlefield use, as probe examines illegal entry via Mizoram and alleged supply to insurgents.

Social Media

Ummah over India? Islamists are targeting Adani-Elbit plant in Hyderabad, spreading hate on India’s defence manufacturing citing Gaza and Iran

Shraddha Pandey - 11 March, 2026

Islamists are writing posts and making emotional videos, often with exact location details of the Adani-Elbit JV’s Hyderabad drones manufacturing factory.

News Reports

India’s Sheshnag-150 and Project KAL: Readying for drone warfare through indigenous weapons

Dhruv Mishra - 10 March, 2026

India has two active strategic fronts against China and Pakistan. India's operational landscape is complex, with high-altitude mountains, deserts, and densely populated border areas. In this kind of terrain, unmanned systems are highly useful because they enable continuous surveillance, rapid intelligence gathering, and precise strikes without risking pilots or large troop deployments.

India to deploy ‘Made in India’ air defence shield over Delhi NCR to protect against enemy threats

OpIndia Staff - 10 December, 2025

The Indian government has chosen to deploy an indigenous, multilayered IADWS including QRSAM and VSHORADS to safeguard the Delhi NCR against aerial threats. This move, following the 'Operation Sindoor' scare, solidifies the 'Make in India' defense initiative while incorporating Russian S-400 systems, after dropping the expensive US NASAMS-II deal.

News Reports

L&T partners with General Atomics of USA to make MQ-series drones in India, to bid for defence ministry’s procurement of 87 Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Drones

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2025

Indian engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced a strategic partnership with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems of U.S. to locally manufacture Medium Altitude...

News Reports

An Indian defence start-up, founded by two engineering students, delivers drones to the Indian Army: Read how India’s defence sector is moving towards self-reliance

OpIndia Staff - 22 July, 2025

As a result of India's Make in India initiative, the country's defence production reached reached ₹1.27 lakh crore in the financial year 2023-24, amounting to a 174% rise since 2014-15.

News Reports

After success in Operation Sindoor, Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr raises $100 million funding: How India is becoming more Atmanirbhar in defence manufacturing

Shraddha Pandey - 27 June, 2025

Raphe mPhibr drones fired missiles at terror and military establishments in Pakistan during Operation Sindoor. The Noida-based company is increasing its domestic drone capabilities due to growing military interest and national security concerns, including an impending Army order.

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Russia-Ukraine war is seeing large scale use of drones including Fiber Optics drones, read all about them and why they have become the preferred...

Rukma Rathore - 12 June, 2025

Both Russia and Ukraine are connecting several of their first-person view (FPV) drones to their commanders via fiber optic cables rather than using radio waves around the battlefield.

News Reports