Studies show that India’s large and medium UAVs programmes are in various phases of research and development (R&D) in the private industry and at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). [...] With the micro/small UAVs industry flourishing across the country, including a few instances of lethal use of the UAVs by non-state actors, the GoI felt that there is a strong need to regulate the use of drones in the Indian airspace. [...] Accordingly, the Ministry of Civil Aviation published the Drone Rules, 2021, as per which the commercial applications of all drones are governed and it also highlights that while there are immense Swarm Drones and Indian Academia 77 opportunities for economic growth and employment generation in the drone sector, ‘there is need to regulate the drone related activities in a manner such that they do. [...] It is the need of the hour to create incubation cells and evolve ecosystem by synergising and nurturing aspiring professors and students from specific domains, like aerospace, AI and machine learning, computer and communication engineering, to venture into design and development of swarm technologies for defence applications. [...] Considering the future of UAV sector and specially Swarm Drones being one of the important niche sector in small UAVs defence segments around the world; R&D by Industry (government and private sectors) with technology back-up from academia will evolve a strong ecosystem for speedy, quality design and development of Swarm Drones.
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