IAF starts work on ‘Vayu Baan’, India’s first helicopter-dropped drone project Vayu Baan is an indigenous air-launched effects (ALE) programme designed to integrate unmanned aerial systems directly with manned rotary-wing platforms. It is a small, autonomous drone designed to be dropped from a moving helicopter mid-flight. Once released, the drone unfolds its wings, activates its propulsion and operates as either a surveillance asset or a precision-guided munition (kamikaze drone). #IAF_starts #Vayu_Baan’ #Vayu_Baan #project_Vayu #air-launched_effects #rotary-wing_platforms #starts_work #indigenous_air-launched #integrate_unmanned #unmanned_aerial
