What’s in the news?

• To provide a boost to the growing indigenous drone industry, the Defence Minister as launched the “MEHAR BABA COMPETITION-II”.
• The competition is aimed at developing technology for a “Swarm Drone Based System to Detect Foreign Objects on Aircraft Operating Surfaces”.
• The first edition of the competition was launched in October 2018 and had culminated in October 2021.

Reference:

1. https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1861733