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- The Indian Army is launching six AASHVAST laboratories across the country to conduct mandatory security inspections on its drone fleet.
- These facilities will analyze drone firmware to detect hidden vulnerabilities, unauthorized code, and foreign components that could compromise operations.
- Officials aim to replace reliance on origin invoices with technical validation of silicon and software.
- This initiative is designed to ensure operational reliability for military equipment used in contested zones.
What to watch next
- Establishment of the five additional planned labs in the coming months
- Expansion of the inspection protocol to include CCTV cameras
- Impact of technical validation on future military hardware procurement processes
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Rajib Roy
Director of QuickPay Pvt Ltd
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“The idea behind establishing these labs, a first of its kind, was to neutralise the common threats of enemy interference in Indian drones, preventing them from performing their designated tasks in a contested area,”
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…test all drones, sources said that CCTV cameras procured by the Army in future will also eventually be inspected by it for Chinese proprietary protocols or equivalent, which could be potentially embedded in these. The idea behind establishing these labs, a first of its kind, was to neutralise the common threats of enemy interference in Indian drones, preventing them from performing their designated tasks in a contested area, Rajib Roy, Director of QuickPay Pvt Ltd, told The Indian Express. Story continues below this ad So far, drones procured by the Indian Army did not have firmware-level vulnerabilities checked. The suite will close this…
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