First Person View Kamikaze Anti-Tank Drone
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: NIE
Context: The Indian Army has successfully developed and tested a First-Person View (FPV) kamikaze-role drone equipped with anti-tank munition.
About First Person View Kamikaze Anti-Tank Drone:
• What is it? A low-cost, First-Person View (FPV) drone equipped with impact-based anti-tank munition developed for kamikaze-style tactical warfare.
• A low-cost, First-Person View (FPV) drone equipped with impact-based anti-tank munition developed for kamikaze-style tactical warfare.
• Developed by: Indian Army’s Fleur-De-Lis Brigade, in collaboration with DRDO’s Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh.
• Indian Army’s Fleur-De-Lis Brigade, in collaboration with DRDO’s Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh.
• Aim: To enhance India’s capability in modern drone warfare through indigenous, cost-effective, and precision-strike systems.
• Features and Functions: First-Person View Control: Operated using FPV goggles that stream live visuals, providing real-time battlefield awareness and control. Kamikaze Strike Role: Acts as a single-use drone carrying impact-explosive payloads designed to destroy armoured targets like tanks. In-House Fabrication: Assembled at the Rising Star Drone Battle School, with over 100 units fabricated by March 2025 for training and trials. Dual-Safety Mechanism: Prevents accidental detonation; payload can only be activated via pilot’s radio controller under controlled conditions. Real-Time Feedback Relay: Live status updates of payload visible through FPV interface for safe and accurate deployment. Technical Optimization: Focus on weight balance, flight stability, and manoeuvrability for effective tactical deployment. Low-Cost Innovation: Estimated cost of ₹1.4 lakh per drone, with 5 inducted and 95 more being procured.
• First-Person View Control: Operated using FPV goggles that stream live visuals, providing real-time battlefield awareness and control.
• Kamikaze Strike Role: Acts as a single-use drone carrying impact-explosive payloads designed to destroy armoured targets like tanks.
• In-House Fabrication: Assembled at the Rising Star Drone Battle School, with over 100 units fabricated by March 2025 for training and trials.
• Dual-Safety Mechanism: Prevents accidental detonation; payload can only be activated via pilot’s radio controller under controlled conditions.
• Real-Time Feedback Relay: Live status updates of payload visible through FPV interface for safe and accurate deployment.
• Technical Optimization: Focus on weight balance, flight stability, and manoeuvrability for effective tactical deployment.
• Low-Cost Innovation: Estimated cost of ₹1.4 lakh per drone, with 5 inducted and 95 more being procured.
• Applications: Anti-Tank Missions: Effective against armoured targets in tactical zones Urban Warfare: Can fly through narrow spaces with precision control High-Risk Terrain Operations: Remote strike capability reduces soldier casualties. Surveillance and Target Elimination: Offers both eye-in-the-sky and direct kill capability.
• Anti-Tank Missions: Effective against armoured targets in tactical zones
• Urban Warfare: Can fly through narrow spaces with precision control
• High-Risk Terrain Operations: Remote strike capability reduces soldier casualties.
• Surveillance and Target Elimination: Offers both eye-in-the-sky and direct kill capability.