Military drone security framework nears finalisation, expected by year-end: DG Acquisition
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- ✓The military drone security framework is nearing finalisation and should arrive by year-end, said DG Acquisition A Anbarasu.
- ✓The policy aims to audit security vulnerabilities in drones used by defence forces.
- ✓“We are consulting DGCA and MHA and others also,” Anbarasu said.
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The secured military drone framework is undergoing final rounds of inter-ministerial consultations, including with the Ministries of Home Affairs and Civil Aviation, and is expected to be released in a month, or at the latest, before the end of this year, Director General of Acquisition A Anbarasu said about the long-awaited policy.
The “Framework for Testing Security Vulnerabilities in Drones” to audit security vulnerabilities in the Ariel platform that are to be acquired by defence forces was first published way back in March 2025, which was subsequent to businessline’s expose on August 27, 2024, highlighting concerns over Chinese spares and components slipping into UAVs up for acquisition.
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