With the proliferation of drones heavily impacting the security environment, the Border Security Force (BSF) has formed a joint research group comprising of BSF officers and faculty and students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and the Rustumji Institute of Technology (RIT), Tekanpur, to develop fully customised indigenous drone technology in India.

A technical session in this regard comprising 20 senior professors and experts from IIT and RIT along with BSF officers was conducted at IIT’s Sonepat Campus on November 18 to discuss various aspects of drone technology.

The topics included lightweight composite materials, propulsion systems, aerodynamics, low-temperature batteries, motors and control systems, sensing technologies and secure communication networks, according

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