CDS Anil Chauhan: Operation Sindoor showed value of indigenous UAVs and counter-UAS
On 16 July 2025 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan inaugurated a workshop and exhibition on indigenisation of critical components in UAVs and counter-UAS.
Summary
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan inaugurated a Workshop and Exhibition on Indigenisation of Critical Components in UAV and C-UAS at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi on 16 July 2025. General Chauhan said Operation Sindoor demonstrated the operational effectiveness and strategic value of indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and called for full-spectrum indigenisation. The CDS also called for a comprehensive counter-UAS grid integrating radars, sensors, jammers and directed energy weapons.
Key facts
- Date / venue
- 16 July 2025, Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi
- Event
- Workshop & Exhibition on Indigenisation of Critical Components in UAV and C-UAS
- Key message
- Operation Sindoor showed value of indigenous UAVs and C-UAS
- Proposal
- Counter-UAS grid: radars, sensors, jammers, directed energy weapons
Practice MCQs 1 questions
Consider the following statements about the workshop inaugurated by CDS General Anil Chauhan on 16 July 2025: 1. It was held at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, on indigenisation of critical components in UAVs and counter-UAS. 2. The CDS called for a counter-UAS grid integrating radars, sensors, jammers and directed energy weapons. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Show answer
Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
PIB (MoD): the CDS inaugurated the Workshop and Exhibition on Indigenisation of Critical Components in UAV and C-UAS at Manekshaw Centre, and detailed the need for a counter-UAS grid integrating radars, sensors, jammers and directed energy weapons. Both are correct.