MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541060815 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on June 25, for 'system and method for drone-based target engagement and neutralization.'

Inventor(s) include Pankaj Shukla; Trilok Nath Pandey; Nibha Kumari Mishra; Utkarsh Kedia; Sohil Agarwal; and Yashashvi Rai.

The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A defense drone system 100 can include a drone framework 102 to carry a payload, where the drone framework 102 integrated with a power and propulsion system 104 to enable the defense drone 100 to deploy from a...