DRDOhas tested 3 remote unmanned weaponized boats in Pune ahead of DEFENCE Expo.
TheAutonomous Weaponised Boatswere developed in collaboration with Sagar Defence Engineering, a private start-up.
The vessel is capable of relying on the video feed to theground control stationand can be very useful for surveillance and patrolling.
iDEXis an initiative by the Government of India to build an ecosystem to foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace by engaging innovators and entrepreneurs to deliver technologically advanced solutions to Indias armed forces.
The objective of iDEX is to engage industries including MSMEs, Startups, individual innovators, R&D institutes, and academia to provide them with funding and support to carry out R&D development.