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Army inks $20 mn deal with ideaForge for UAV

January 16, 2021 03:08 am | Updated 03:08 am IST - Bengaluru

‘Indigenous technology for surveillance’

The Indian Army has signed a $20-million contract with ideaForge, a player in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, to procure undisclosed quantities of a high-altitude variant of SWITCH UAV, an indigenous system used in surveillance operations.

SWITCH UAV is an indigenous system built to cater to the most demanding surveillance operations of the Indian forces.

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This fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing UAV can be deployed at high altitudes and under harsh environments for day and night surveillance, ideaForge said in a statement.

“UAV player ideaForge has been awarded this one-year contract after it qualified the operational requirements in an evaluation done in real-world conditions. The contract marks a strategic shift in the Indian defence procurement process,” the company added.

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