New Delhi: Four months after Operation Sindoor, the Indian Army has begun procuring an indigenous counter-UAS grid system to keep the air littoral – airspace up to 3,000 mt above the ground – free from hostile unmanned aerial systems all along the frontier.

Developed by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) the new systems will ensure complete control on the tactical battlefield space by the ground forces allowing unrestricted movement of friendly aerial assets while detecting, tracking and neutralising hostile drones or aircraft.

“Every battalion deployed along the border will be having these systems. We can’t divulge the exact details, but a very large number of these systems are being procured,” an official said.

Being purchased through a fast-track route, all the field formations are lik

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