Saksham: India's new eye in the sky to neutralise aerial threats

System to detect, track and identify hostile drones

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Saksham includes AI-driven systems for aerial threats.

Nearly five months after Operation Sindoor, the Indian Army has now initiated the procurement of an indigenously developed 'Saksham' Counter Unmanned Aerial System (CUAS) Grid System.

According to defence officials, the system is designed to “detect, track, identify, and neutralise hostile drones and unmanned aerial systems in real time, ensuring complete airspace security across what is now defined as the Tactical Battlefield Space (TBS), an expanded domain that includes the Air Littoral, the airspace up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet) above the ground.”

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