3 Idiots drone deployed for security operations

New Delhi:  The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), that awed viewers in the Bollywood hit 3 Idiots, has been officially inducted into the paramilitary forces.

The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are using the drone, called Netra, in counter-insurgency operations.

Autonomous

The autonomous UAV for surveillance and reconnaissance was inducted into the paramilitary forces last month while the army, navy and several state police forces have shown a keen interest in acquiring it, its makers say.

It was developed by Ideaforge Technology Pvt Ltd, a company floated by a group of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Mumbai alumni, and the Pune-based Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The DRDO, after watching the 2009 Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots, tied up with IdeaForge to refine the Netra.