Indian Army Gets DRDO’s indigenously-developed Bharat Drone for accurate surveillance along China border
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has provided its indigenously-developed drone ‘Bharat’ to the Indian Army to conduct accurate surveillance in high altitude areas and mountainous terrain along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, amid the ongoing border dispute between India and China.
- The Bharat series of drones has been developed by a Chandigarh-based laboratory of the DRDO, to carry out accurate surveillance in high altitude areas and mountainous terrain along India’s lines of control with Pakistan and China.
- It is among the world’s most agile and lightest surveillance drone.
Key Features of Bharat Drone
- The Made-in-India, small yet powerful drone works autonomously at any location with great accuracy.
- Its unibody biomimetic design with advance release technology is a lethal combination for surveillance missions
- It is equipped with artificial intelligence that helps it to detect friends and enemies and take action accordingly.
- It can survive in extreme cold weather temperature and is continuously being developed further for even harsher weather.
- It provides real-time video transmission during the entire mission and with very advanced night vision capabilities, it can detect people hidden in deep forests.
- It has been built in a way that makes it impossible to be detected by Radar.