India, June 24 -- From assembling imported components to true and deep drone indigenisation, the Indian UAV industry has come through a long orbit. Joseph Sudheer, Global CEO and Managing Director, Magellanic Cloud shows the cockpit view from this new height- with a view of the significance of high-altitude testing and emerging potential in unmanned warfare and surveillance in sectors like Railways; as well as gaps like localisation of some components, semiconductor dependencies, testing, certifications and specialised batteries. Are drones, themselves, safe though? Against soft-kill tactics? How much do VTOL architectures, payload flexibility, mission software, AI integration and endurance affect survivability? Let's ask.

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