MUMBAI, India, July 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641086270 A) filed by Astr Defence Private Limited on July 14, 2026, for Handheld Counter-Unmanned Aerial System.

Inventor includes Koravi, Ankush L.

The application for the patent was published on July 24, 2026, under issue no. 30/2026.

Abstract: A handheld counter-unmanned aerial system (100) for neutralising aerial targets under non-stabilised conditions is disclosed. A launcher unit (102) having a trigger subunit (102A) and a munition interface (102B) fires an anti-UAS grenade (104) selectable from grenade types having different terminal effects. A launcher-mounted fire control system (FCS) (106) detects and continuously tracks the target, au...