An Indian Military Havildar has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal by President Droupadi Murmu for designing an progressive drone referred to as ‘Multipurpose Octocopter’, which can’t solely undertake surveillance operations however can be used for different duties like dropping munitions, aerial engagement of targets and logistics operations.
Havildar Varinder Singh was honoured by President Murmu on January 25, the eve of Republic Day.
The ‘Multipurpose Octocopter’, designed by Havildar Singh, can undertake surveillance operations by offering live-camera feed to the operator. It may be used to drop important provides to ahead posts, together with in high-altitude areas.
The octocopter has been outfitted with a platform for firing assault rifles and dropping grenades onto enemy targets.
The progressive drone, due to this fact, has the potential to turn out to be a power multiplier in operational areas and conditions the place last-mile connectivity for the supply of operational logistics is a problem.
It might even be notably helpful for the supply of important provides to troops deployed at distant posts in high-altitude areas and mountainous terrain.
The ‘Multipurpose Octocopter’ will help the Indian Military throughout operations by enabling surveillance and enemy engagements from a distant platform.
Trials of this in-house developed cutting-edge drone have already been efficiently carried out within the plains and high-altitude areas.