Indigenous Kamikaze platform gets a boost
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Munitions India-Drogo Aerospace sign MoU for loitering munition, UAV systems
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Yashwanth Bonthu, Founder and CEO of Drogo Aerospace, and Kumar Vaibhav Gaur, Executive Director, MIL, with MoU on UAV systems
In a significant development, Munitions India Limited (MIL), a Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) under the Ministry of Defence, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Drogo Aerospace Private Limited for collaboration in the design, development and integration of indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and loitering munition systems.
The MoU was signed in Pune by Yashwanth Bonthu, Founder and CEO of Drogo Aerospace, and Kumar Vaibhav Gaur, Executive Director, MIL. Under the partnership, Drogo Aerospace will focus on the design, development and manufacturing of UAV platforms, besides developing associated empty-payload hardware. MIL will contribute its expertise in defence munitions and warhead technologies.
MIL, a government-owned defence manufacturing company headquartered in Pune, was established in 2021 following the restructuring of the erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board into seven separate public sector undertakings. It manufactures a range of ammunition, explosives, rockets and bombs for the Indian Armed Forces, foreign military customers and domestic civilian requirements.
As part of the collaboration, MIL will bring its capabilities in areas including munitions design, explosive systems, payload filling, fuzing and modular munition development. The two organisations will work together on subsequent stages of development, including munition–UAV integration, safety evaluation, field and range trials, and quality certification.
The partnership is expected to bring together UAV engineering, munition technology, payload systems and defence-grade integration capabilities, with the objective of developing indigenous unmanned systems for authorised defence requirements.
A key element of the collaboration is Drogo Aerospace’s indigenous Delta Wing Kamikaze UAV/loitering munition platform, which the company said was successfully tested recently in Hyderabad.
The Delta Wing Kamikaze is a loitering munition-type unmanned platform designed to identify and engage designated targets. The term “Delta Wing” refers to the triangular wing configuration, while “Kamikaze” is commonly used in modern defence terminology to describe one-way attack drones or loitering munitions that are designed to strike their intended targets.
Drogo Aerospace said the platform was being developed keeping long-range defence requirements in view.
