Raksha x Tech · 01 Sept 2026

IIT Kanpur ka AI drone: 100 km range ka daava, GPS ke bina bhi. Ab field trials batayenge.

VU Dynamics (IIT Kanpur incubated) + DRDO. Spec sheet impressive hai. Spec sheet hamesha hoti hai.

Tathya: reports mein jo hai

  1. APJK-6C100 ek AI-enabled loitering ('kamikaze') drone bataya gaya hai, VU Dynamics ne DRDO ke saath banaya.
  2. Developers ke mutabiq range 100 km hai aur GPS-denied conditions mein bhi target prosecute kar sakta hai. Yeh developer-side claims hain.
  3. Source mein unveiling ki tareekh nahi hai; DRDO ko demonstration November 2025 mein bataya gaya hai.

Humari raay (sarcasm on)

College incubator se nikli startup jab DRDO ke saath aati hai, toh pehla gaana 'Jai Ho' hota hai, aur doosra 'tender kab aayega'. Daava impressive hai. Hum toh 'field results' ke fan hain.

✕ Dikkat

Claims independent verify nahi hue. Loitering munitions ka ethical aur command-control sawaal bhi hai: AI ko 'target' chunne dena kahan tak? Human-in-the-loop ka rule saaf likhna padega.

✓ Umeed

Campus se defence-grade hardware: yeh ek decade pehle sochna bhi mushkil tha. Talent ab sirf apps nahi, airframes bana raha hai.

Status: DEMO / CLAIMED · IIT Kanpur + DRDO · 100 km range (claimed), GPS-denied ops (claimed)

Original reporting

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