India’s 1 indigenous drone defence dome ‘Indrajaal’ developed by Grene Robotics

WHY IN NEWS?

• India’s 1st indigenous drone defence dome ‘Indrajaal’has been developed by Hyderabad-based Grene Robotics.
• As per the company, the drone defence dome – ‘Indrajaal’ is capable of autonomously protecting an area of 1000-2000 sq kmagainst aerial threats. It protects the area by assessing and acting on aerial threats such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Low- Radar Cross Section (RCS) targets.
• The company said that cutting-edge technologies such as UAVs, Smart Swarms, etc. have been for the first time used in India to drop explosives next to the Mi-17 hangar at Jammu Air Base.