Adani inaugurates India's first private UAV facility

Hyderabad: Adani-Elbit UAV Complex, a joint venture by Adani Defence and Aerospace and Israel’s Elbit Systems, on Friday inaugurated India’s first private Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) manufacturing facility here. The 50,000 sq ft facility, inaugurated by Telangana Minister for Home Mohammad Mahmood Ali, would start operations with the manufacturing of complete carbon composite aero-structures for hermes 900, followed by Hermes 450 UAVs catering to the global markets, Adani Defence and Aerospace head Ashish Rajvanshi said. It would further be ramped up for the assembly and integration of complete UAVs, he said. The facility located in the 20 acre-Adani Aerospace Park would initially cater to the global markets and also supply to India’s defence agencies once the once provision is open, he added. “We did not want to wait till India finalises its order for 150 UAVs. We will start with the export orders from this facility. This JV  is going to start with the export market and as and when the country is ready we will supply to the Indian armed forces,” he said. pti