CSIR-NAL has developed indigenous Drone

Launching the first-of-its-kind Drone driven aerial delivery facility to transport COVID vaccine as well as Emergency Medicines to inaccessible and difficult areas in a short span of time, Union Minister for Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh on Saturday, November 27, 2021, said that while Pakistan Drone carries explosives to spread terror and threaten human lives, the Indian drone has assumed the role of a COVID warrior to carry life saving Vaccine and life saving medicines for safety and well-being of mankind.  This indeed is the fundamental difference between the two countries, he said. "Octacopter" Drone which was developed indigenously at Bengaluru at the initiative of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) under the Ministry of Science & Technology, is truly a massenger of peace. CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL), has developed indigenous, medium class BVLOS multi-copter UAV. The UAV is made out of light weight carbon fiber foldable structure for ease of transportation and has unique features like autonomous guidance through dual redundant MEMS based digital Autopilot with advanced flight instrumentation systems. NAL Octacopter is integrated with Powerful onboard embedded computer and latest generation sensors for versatile applications like agricultural pesticide spraying, crop monitoring, mining survey, magnetic geo survey mapping etc.