MOD TO HOST WORKSHOP ON UAV & C-UAS INDIGENISATION ON 16 JULY; EVENT TO FOCUS ON REDUCING IMPORT DEPENDENCE FOR CRITICAL COMPONENTS

India, July 15 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

In a significant push toward achieving self-reliance in defence technologies, Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) in collaboration with the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), is organising a Workshop and Exhibition on Indigenisation of Critical Components Currently Being Imported from Foreign OEMs in the Areas of UAV & C-UAS on 16 July 2025 at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi.

The event comes in the backdrop of recent India-Pakistan hostilities, including Operation Sindoor, which highlighted the strategic importance and operational effectiveness of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS). These systems played...