India, March 6 -- Marking a step towards strengthening India's modern air defence capabilities, Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace (FWDA), a Bengaluru-based AI warfare and defence company, has successfully tested India's first autonomous swarm interceptor, FWD YAMA.

Designed for counter-unmanned aerial systems (counter-UAS), air defence, and Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (SEAD) missions, the system has been developed at a time when militaries worldwide are confronting the growing threat of low-cost drones overwhelming expensive air defence systems. In several recent conflicts, Iranian drones costing under USD 20,000 have been used to pressure interceptor systems such as the MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system, which can cost m...