Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Khaki & Tech

Indian paramilitary forces adopted unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, as part of defence operations in July 2012, following a demonstration by a start-up founded by some IIT Bombay graduates to the National Security Guard (NSG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Delhi Police, Maharashtra Police and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force.


That is how the firm, idea-Forge, made Uttar Pradesh Special Task Forces its first client. "Drones can be deployed in the most dangerous and rugged circumstances and are made just for the forces," said Ankit Mehta, cofounder and CEO of the Navi Mumbai-based firm, whose drones were used in rescue and search operations in the recent Beas River tragedy where 24 B Tech students were drowned, the Saharanpur riots, the Pune landslide and for crowd surveillance at the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad last year.

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