New Delhi: How about a pizza being delivered at your home by an UAV ( Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)? Or getting a courier through this flying machine? Or spying with a UAV as small as a butterfly which perches itself on a windowsill? Sounds like sci-fi? Experts say this could well become a reality.
While UAVs have been widely used in the West for policing, oil pipeline inspection and detecting illegal immigrants, in India, they are mainly used by the armed forces (eg, Heron, Lakashya, Nishant) for intelligence gathering and surveillance. But this is changing. Increasingly, they're being used for civilian purposes and are akin to God's eye in the sky.
Teal Group Corporation, a US aerospace consultancy, predicts that UAVs will be the most dynamic growth sector of the aerospace industry, with spending going up from the current $5.2 billion annually to $11.6 billion, totaling over $89 billion in the next decade. Philip Finnegan, director of corporate analysis, Teal Group, told TOI via email, "We see a growing market in India — 50 medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAVs, 60 Navy UAVs, 70 Air Force tactical UAVs, 100 Army tactical UAVs and 980 mini-UAVs over the next decade."
24/07/13 Shobha John/Times of India
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While UAVs have been widely used in the West for policing, oil pipeline inspection and detecting illegal immigrants, in India, they are mainly used by the armed forces (eg, Heron, Lakashya, Nishant) for intelligence gathering and surveillance. But this is changing. Increasingly, they're being used for civilian purposes and are akin to God's eye in the sky.
Teal Group Corporation, a US aerospace consultancy, predicts that UAVs will be the most dynamic growth sector of the aerospace industry, with spending going up from the current $5.2 billion annually to $11.6 billion, totaling over $89 billion in the next decade. Philip Finnegan, director of corporate analysis, Teal Group, told TOI via email, "We see a growing market in India — 50 medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAVs, 60 Navy UAVs, 70 Air Force tactical UAVs, 100 Army tactical UAVs and 980 mini-UAVs over the next decade."
24/07/13 Shobha John/Times of India
