Surveillance to fortify defense and security.
UAVs are great force multipliers and there must be synergy between the three Services to optimise their employment. One good thing which is happening in the recent years is that all acquisitions are cleared by the Chiefs of Staff Committee, rotationally headed by the senior most of the three Service Chiefs, and they work now on common specifications to the extent possible. The resulting coordination is useful.
Rescue
While UAVs are rapidly demonstrating its value across many industries, its application is particularly dramatic with UAVs in Search and Rescue operations where the extra range and reach of UAVs make its presence felt like nowhere else. Unlike most other applications which are fairly routinized and predictable.
Time criticality: A life-threatening event has happened to someone out of the blue, And speed of response is of the essence to rescue this victim
Commuting congestion: Also reaching the site might require traversing unhelpful traffic conditions
Terrain: Rescue operations are generally by definition needed in inaccessible terrains which might have caused the emergency in the first instance, Because it is difficult to navigate, ‘Eye-In-The-Sky’ Situational Awareness is essential Search times can be significantly reduced while limiting potential risk to the party being rescued as well as rescuers.
Surveillance
Unmanned aircraft systems provide the ideal solution to the problems and limitations faced by other surveillance methods. UAV surveillance presents an easier, faster, and cheaper method of data collection. Consequently, there are also a number of other key advantages. UAV planes can enter narrow and confined spaces, produce minimal noise, and are equipped with night-vision cameras and thermal sensors. For this reason, they provide imagery that the human eye is unable to detect.
Food & Medicine Delivery
Using autonomous hoverbikes, powered paragliders and self-driving ground vehicles to deliver vital supplies to front line troops may sound like something conceived by the fertile mind of a sci-fi writer, but the use of unmanned UAVs and robots to support military logistics in challenging environments – often dubbed ‘the last mile’ – may soon become a reality.
