Drones: The hi-tech video game

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 10:27

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have turned modern warfare into a high-tech video game.

India mulls using UAVs against Maoists

Last Updated: Friday, April 16, 2010, 14:07

Authorities in Chhattisgarh are keen to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Maoist-dominated pockets in the wake of the massacre of 75 security personnel, official sources said.

Night trials of UAVs in Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 14:07

In the aftermath of the Dantewada massacre of 76 security personnel by the Naxals, authorities have here begun night trials of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to equip security forces with real-time information of targets.

Boston University engineers trying to improve UAVs

Last Updated: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 16:48

Boston University engineers are using a theoretical approach to optimise automated mission control and decision-making for fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

DRDO offers weapons, UAVs to police to fight extremists

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 14:50

DRDO is now offering Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and other weapons and equipment to the paramilitary forces and the state police forces for their operations against the Maoists and other extremists.

Pakistan unhappy with US` RQ7 drone offer, seeking armed ones

Last Updated: Monday, January 25, 2010, 17:36

A peeved Pakistan feels that the dozen unarmed RQ7 drones the US has offered it do not meet its "strategic requirement" and is hoping for a "better deal".

11 aircraft, including 5 Pak UAVs, violated Indian airspace

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 18:27

Government on Wednesday said that 11 aircraft belonging to Pakistan, China and the United States violated Indian airspace in the last one year.

UAVs to be used in anti-Naxal operations

Last Updated: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 10:02

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will be used for the first time to detect Naxal hideouts in dense forests and hilly terrains and monitor the movement of ultras to help ground forces carry out precision attacks.