Thales is eyeing India for offering its latest unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) systems and radars in view of the growing demand for them
in the country.
"We are in discussions with a
couple of companies in India and checking what can we do with them," said
Thibault Trancart, Vice President, Marketing and Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance Strategic Projects of Thales.
"We have got BEL-Thales Systems
Limited (BTSL), a Joint Venture Company between Bharat Electronics Limited and
Thales, where we are developing a fire control radar for both gun and missile
systems," he said.
"We are doing some radars locally with some industries and transferring some know how for the benefit of the Indian market," Trancart said.
"We are doing some radars locally with some industries and transferring some know how for the benefit of the Indian market," Trancart said.
About
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Ø An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a
human pilot aboard.
Ø UAV innovations started in
the early 1900s and originally focused on providing practice targets for
training military personnel.
Ø The earliest attempt at a
powered UAV was A. M. Low's
"Aerial Target" in 1916.
Ø The flight of UAVs may
operate with various degrees of autonomy:
either under remote control by a human operator or autonomously by onboard
computers.
Ø
Use of UAVs is rapidly expanding to commercial, scientific,
recreational, agricultural, and other applications, such as policidng, peacekeeping, and
surveillance, product deliveries, aerial photography, agriculture,
smuggling, and drone racing.
Ø UAVs
typically fall into one of six functional categories (although multi-role
airframe platforms are becoming more prevalent):
Target and decoy – providing
ground and aerial gunnery a target that simulates an enemy aircraft or missile
Reconnaissance – providing
battlefield intelligence
Combat – providing
attack capability for high-risk missions
Logistics – delivering
cargo
Research and development –
improve UAV technologies
Civil and commercial UAVs –
agriculture, aerial photography, data collection
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