Paras Defence Space and Technology, a Navi Mumbai-based defence company, has said its partnership to manufacture and sell the Guardian-1 counter-drone interceptor in India is aimed at strengthening the country’s indigenous defence capabilities. as per a TOI report. The company’s statement comes after its US technology partner, Powerus Corporation, which has ties to US President Donald Trump's sons, Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, entered into a separate defence arrangement with the Pakistan military involving the same counter-drone system.
The agreement was signed around three months before representatives of Powerus met Pakistan military leadership in Rawalpindi, secured a limited procurement order for the counter-drone interceptor and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Pakistan Army in September.
