The Indian Armed Forces will be conducting tests of some of its drones and counter-drone systems during an exercise to be conducted by the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS), the officials informed on Tuesday. The aim of the exercise, which will take place in the first week of October, is to test the capabilities of the drones and counter-drone systems of the country.
"We will be testing some of our drones and counter-drone systems during this exercise... with an aim to have an air defence system and a counter-UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) that is more robust," Air Marshal Sinha said.
It is learnt that the exercise will be conducted from October 6 to 10, somewhere in Madhya Pradesh.
In his address at a conference on air defence systems here, Air Marshal Rakesh Sinha, Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (OPS) at HQ IDS, also spoke of the lessons learnt by the armed forces from Operation Sindoor. He then reiterated the need to "stay ahead" of the adversary in military thinking and planning.
Later on, speaking at the sidelines of the event, he said 'Exercise Cold Star' will be held in the Central Sector, where personnel from all three services, Navy, Army, and Air Force, will participate. Besides, industry partners, research and development partners, academia, and others will be taking part in the upcoming exercise.
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