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Indian Army invites bids for a high-speed autonomous interceptor drone
Bid: GEM/2026/B/8001610
Indian Army seeks 274 counter-UAS, swarm-drone, surveillance and data-link units
Bid: GEM/2026/B/8159574
Defence Ministry accelerates emergency procurement of drones and counter-drone systems
23–26 October 2026
IAF shares unmanned and autonomous-systems roadmap with industry
Programme held 21 October 2026
Anna University completes 175-km high-altitude BVLOS drone flight
Published 26 October 2026
Telangana Announces Aerospace and Defence Policy 2.0
Covering Drones, AI, Space and Defence Manufacturing
West Bengal Police procurement of 56 surveillance drones
Official procurement/tender — material deadline extension
Drone-dropped suspected RDX and weapons recovered in Rajasthan
Published 14 October 2026
₹158-crore Nagastra-1R contract reaches full delivery
Updated 14 October 2026
Army seeks 7-inch and 10-inch UAV configuration
Bid: GEM/2026/B/8094433
Indian Army C-UAS Training Lab
Bid: GEM/2026/B/8131595
Army opens new loitering-munition procurement
Published: 12 October 2026
Indian Army receives 450 Nagastra-1R loitering munitions
Published: 13 October 2026
TGNPDCL autonomous distribution-inspection drones
Bid: II-03/2026-27/TGNPDCL/CE (IT, SCADA, CCC & PLG)/IT/DRONES PROCUREMENT
Manipur Police seeks ₹6-crore vehicle-mounted drone jammer
Bid: GEM/2026/B/8075489
Army opens procurement for a Drone Intrusion Detection System
GeM bid GEM/2026/B/8100192
Drone attack on tanker carrying 22 Indian seafarers raises maritime counter-UAS urgency
Reported: 10 October
NMDC seeks an integrated Drone/UAV and Cloud Platform
Bid: GEM/2026/B/7943385
TGNPDCL autonomous drones for distribution-network inspection
Bid: II-03/2026-27/TGNPDCL/CE (IT, SCADA, CCC & PLG)/IT/DRONES PROCUREMENT
EyeROV delivers indigenous military-grade underwater ROVs to the Navy
7 October 2026
CAQM adds drones to farm-fire monitoring
11 October 2026
Lucknow Police Deploys Multi-Role Drones for Flood Surveillance, Relief Delivery and Real-Time Coordination
Andhra Pradesh extends ₹1-crore firefighting-drone tender - Reference: APDC/RFP/DRONE/2026-27/01
Revised submission deadline: 13 October 2026
Indian Army procurement of three Anti-Counter-UAS systems Bid: GEM/2026/B/7881621
Submission deadline: 9 October 2026
Army expands drone cybersecurity laboratories and personnel training
Classification: Media report
ideaForge secures ₹23.62-crore civil UAV orders
Disclosed: 30 September 2026
US Army demonstrates mobile M-LIDS counter-UAS system to Indian Army
Reported: 8 October 2026
Indian Army Orders 225 High-Altitude FPV Drones from AeroDrone Robotics
The Indian Army is set to bolster its tactical capabilities by acquiring 225 First-Person View (FPV)
Three Anti-Counter-UAS systems for the Indian Army
Bid: GEM/2026/B/7881621
National UAS Traffic Management system — deadline today
Tender ID: 2026_AAI_289735_1
India and UAE integrate drone operations into mountain-warfare exercise
Published: 5 October 2026
AVPL International parent advances ₹155–200-crore IPO
Reported: 6–7 October 2026
MoD simplifies industry access to military testing facilities
Published: 7 October 2026
West Central Railway tenders ₹8.98-crore UAV construction-monitoring programme
Tender ID: CPCWCR-05-2026~WCR
APEPDCL seeks drone monitoring across 7,901 km of distribution lines
Reference: CGM/O&CS/APEPDCL/VSP/10/2026-27
ideaForge expands into 50-kg multi-role tactical UAVs with ZOLT
Published: 1 October 2026
L&T orders Orbital 350HFE propulsion systems for tactical-UAV programme
Published: 5 October 2026
IZI Enterprise Secures DRDO Order for VANA Surveillance Drones
IZI, a Bhopal-based deep tech drone company, has secured an order from the Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), for the supply and deployment of its IZI VANA Surveillance Drones.
Sarvesh Sharma, Himachal Student Who Built A ₹87,000 Drone And Secured ₹3.5 Crore Defence Funding
A Himachal Pradesh student received Rs 3.5 crore from the Defence Ministry to develop a surveillance drone for high-altitude border areas.
Army seeks 114 AI-enabled unmanned security subsystems
Bid: GEM/2026/B/7952880
ITBP seeks two high-altitude logistics drones
Bid: GEM/2026/B/8023823
Drone surveillance enables another major coal-theft seizure
Reported: 5 October 2026
AKSI Aerospace unveils 300-km-range Agni Kalash combat UAV
Unveiled: 3 October 2026
₹6-crore vehicle-mounted counter-drone jammer for Manipur Police
15 October 2026
AI/ML-based drone inspection of a 400-kV transmission line
16 October 2026, 3:00 PM
BonV Aero delivers 45 heavy-payload UAVs to Army Eastern Command
Published: 28 September 2026
Indian Army opens ₹8.80-crore procurement for 39 surveillance drones
Published: 4 October 2026
Four firefighting-drone systems for Andhra Pradesh - deadline: 13 October 2026
Buyer: AP Drones Corporation for the State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department
Fixed-wing VTOL drones and multi-sensor payloads — deadline today -3 October 2026
Buyer: Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Government of Karnataka - DPAREGOV/2026-27/IND0094
Sagar Defence receives licence to build advanced naval platforms
Published: 30 September 2026