India has awarded local firm Zen Technologies Limited a 37-million-rupee ($444,000) contract to supply anti-drone systems with hard-kill capabilities.
The systems can detect, track, and physically neutralize hostile drones using a combination of sensors, electronic warfare, and kinetic interceptors.
The contract, to be completed within 12 months, strengthens India’s counter-unmanned aerial systems capabilities amid rising drone threats in border areas and around key infrastructure.
“With drones increasingly used for surveillance, smuggling, and asymmetric warfare, deploying counter-drone systems has become a strategic necessity,” Chairman and Managing Director of Zen Technologies Limited Ashok Atluri stated.
“This order underscores the importance of robust, indigenously designed and developed high-tech products and validates our sustained investments in research and development,” he added, emphasizing that the company “remains committed to advancing India’s defense modernization and self-reliance initiatives.”
Strengthening Border Defense
New Delhi is ramping up border defenses, focusing investments on indigenous defense technologies, and rapidly modernizing its air defense systems.
Earlier this month, Paras Anti-Drone Technologies received a $5.2-million contract from the Indian Ministry of Defence to deliver advanced anti-drone systems to the armed forces.
The systems include jammers capable of detecting and disabling hostile drones in high-security and border areas.
At the same time, the Indian Army is fast-tracking the purchase of six AK-630 air defense guns from Advanced Weapons and Equipment India to reinforce protection around towns hit during clashes with Pakistan earlier this year.
The procurement falls under Mission Sudarshan Chakra, a long-term effort to strengthen India’s national air defense network.
