After Operation Sindoor, the Army has intensified efforts to boost its air defence and battlefield readiness by testing a wide range of homegrown defence technologies. These include drones, loitering munitions, radar systems, and electronic warfare platforms — all being put through rigorous trials at multiple field firing ranges across the country.

During Operation Sindoor, loitering munitions — unmanned aerial weapons that hover over an area before striking a target — were widely deployed, and hundreds of enemy drones from Pakistan were detected and neutralised by India’s air defence systems.

Now, the Army is building on those lessons by conducting field trials of indigenous systems at locations like Pokhran, Babina, and Joshimath, with dedicated air defence demonstrations underway in Agra and Gopalpur. These trials are designed to simulate real combat conditions, including the use of electronic warfare tools to assess how modern military systems perform under pressure.

The platforms under evaluation include the unmanned aerial system, precision-guided munitions, drone systems that can fly without a runway, counter drone solutions, loitering munitions, drones with special vertical launch, precision multi-munition delivery systems, integrated drone detection and interdiction systems, light radars that work at low altitudes and electronic warfare platforms.

According to the Indian Army, all these state-of-the-art technologies are being tested keeping in mind the needs of the future battlefield. The aim is to rapidly adopt new technologies in accordance with the changing conditions of the war.

These field trials aim to evaluate new-age battlefield technologies under near-combat conditions, including integrated electronic warfare (EW) simulations.

Tune In