Nashik, Nov 11 (PTI) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), drones, and UAVs have a major role in future wars, and they need to be controlled in a better manner, Major General Abhinaya Rai said on Tuesday.

Addressing the “Army Aviation in Decade of Transformation- Runway Round Table First Edition" seminar held at Combat Army Aviation Training School (CAATS) in Nashik, the senior Army officer stated he disagreed with the narrative that RPAs are meant to fly only during peacetime operations.

“Looking at the roadmap for Army aviation, I feel the RPAs have a much bigger role to play. Some may believe and feel that the Army is slow-moving and therefore won’t have a significant role in future wars. I absolutely disagree with an ongoing narrative that RPAs are meant to be flying in peace time operati

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