A student from Government Polytechnic College in Hamirpur has secured a Rs 3.5-crore grant from the Ministry of Defence to develop an advanced drone designed to evade enemy radar detection and withstand jamming attempts, officials said on Tuesday.
Sarvesh Sharma’s project was approved under the Ministry of Defence’s Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO) and Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) initiatives. He will now work on developing the drone for potential use by the Indian Army in border surveillance.