India, April 24 -- The Indian Air Force has launched the third edition of the Mehar Baba Competition-3 (https://indianairforce.nic.in/mehar_baba). The theme of MBC-3 is "Collaborative Drone-Based Surveillance Radars." The competition aims to encourage innovation in advanced drone and radar technologies. Meritorious participants will receive development funding from the Indian Air Force, and the top three winners will be honored with awards. The registration for MBC-3 is commencing on 27 Apr 26.

The competition was earlier announced by Hon'ble Raksha Rajya Mantri, Shri Sanjay Seth during Aero India 2025. The aim of MBC-3 is to develop a proof of concept for collaborative swarm of Unmanned Aerial Systems working as an airborne radar capabl...