Centre for Air Power Studies - LiberaLized drone PoLicy caLLs for strict air sPace

The foremost task for the MoCA was to define the ‘What’ and ‘Who’ of drones in view of the technological rapidity in the drone industry. [...] rules aimed at drawing the The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) published drone industry to the fore the UAS Rules 2021 in the NDA-II government resulting in the shining on 21 Mar 2021. [...] The ADIA of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is responsible for monitoring the operations of all manned and unmanned aircraft in the national airspace. [...] Real-Time Identification and Tracking The UTM policy framework defines in Para 6.0 that the “Real-time Identification and Tracking (RIT) of the unmanned aircraft would enable sharing of the identity of the UAS and its location to other airspace owners and people on the ground. [...] The recent case of triggering blasts inside the technical area of Air Force Station Jammu is an eye-opener for the ones advocating the liberalization of Drone without changing the existing paraphernalia of detection and destruction mechanism.