Him Drone-a-thon Program

The "Him Drone-a-thon" campaign has been started by the Indian Army in association with the Drone Federation of India.

Aim:

The program's goal is to stimulate the development of ground-breaking drone capabilities for fulfilling the needs of frontline troops by providing specific possibilities to the Indian drone ecosystem.
The "Him Drone-a-thon" program is an ongoing connection between all stakeholders in India, including business, academia, software developers, and manufacturers of drone products.

Significance

According to the Indian Army, this effort supports Make in India's defence manufacturing goals.
Based on the idea that "good available locally" is preferable to "best available worldwide," the Indian Army supports the domestic drone ecosystem.
The local industry has the necessary knowledge to create items in this subject that are of the highest quality.
To promote domestic drone production, India has mainly banned the import of drones and exempted the import of drone parts. Its purpose is to encourage local drone producers and increase investment.

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India’s drone arsenal:

Heron [ISRAEL]
Predator [USA]
Sea Guardian [USA]
Fire-Fly ‘loitering munition’ [ISRAEL]
Harpy and Harop loitering munition [ISRAEL]
Rustom – 2 [INDIA]
CATS Warrior [INDIA]

Source: PIB

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