New Delhi: Nearly five months after Operation Sindoor showed the prowess of the Indian security apparatus, including in the domain of neutralising nearly 400 drones fired by Pakistan to target Indian defence structures and civilian areas, the Indian Army has now initiated the procurement of an indigenously developed ‘SAKSHAM’ Counter Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Grid System.

According to defence officials, the system is designed to “detect, track, identify, and neutralise hostile drones and unmanned aerial systems in real time, ensuring complete airspace security across what is now defined as the Tactical Battlefield Space (TBS), an expanded domain that includes the Air Littoral, the airspace up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet) above the ground.”

It is pertinent to note here that the necess

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