Indian Army signed $20 mn deal with ideaForge for UAV

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Daily Current Affairs Article 18th January 2021: Indian Army has signed a $20-million contract with ideaForge, a player in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, to procure undisclosed quantities of a high-altitude variant of SWITCH UAV, an indigenous system used in surveillance operations.

SWITCH UAV is an indigenous system built to cater to the most demanding surveillance operations of the Indian forces.

This fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing UAV can be deployed at high altitudes and under harsh environments for day and night surveillance, ideaForge said in a statement.