Govt to set up facilities to test drone parts as use cases soar

The labs will have various tests to study sturdiness, flying capacity, battery leakage, etc

- Dhirendra Kumar

The government plans to establish testing facilities for sub-parts of drones, as the use of these unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has been soaring across a range of commercial purposes including infrastructure, agriculture, entertainment, transportation, and geospatial mapping, two persons said.

The National Test House (NTH), an industrial testing laboratory that reports to the ministry of Consumer Affairs, has been assigned the task of establishing testing facilities for the sub-parts of drones. These sub-parts include the battery, camera, landing gear, propellers, motors, flight controller, and receiver, among others.