Who defends India against drones?
A living map of India's counter-drone ecosystem — 60 C-UAS systems, 43 manufacturers, ₹374 crore of procurement and 50 deployments, mapped across the detect-to-defeat kill chain with their components and import dependencies. The companion to the Drone Atlas, and the free surface of our unmanned-warfare research.
India's counter-drone build-out — the systems, sensors and effectors defending against the drone threat that Op Sindoor made urgent. 60 systems from 43 makers, 66% average indigenous content on Indian systems, deployed across 12+ states. The companion to the Drone Atlas.
Counter-UAS is one of the fastest-moving areas of Indian defence procurement. The deep-dive analysis sits in our unmanned-warfare research.
Deep dive: India’s Unmanned Warfare Transformation →Frequently asked
What counter-drone (C-UAS) systems does India have?
The Atlas tracks 60 counter-UAS systems, of which 24 are Indian-made — from BEL, DRDO, Zen Technologies, Big Bang Boom and others — filterable by class, mobility and the drone types they counter.
How much has India spent on counter-UAS procurement?
Disclosed contracts total ₹374 crore across 50 known deployments, led by the Army, Air Force and paramilitary — a market that accelerated sharply after Operation Sindoor.
How does a counter-drone system work?
Through a kill chain: detect (radar, RF, EO/IR, acoustic), track, identify, then defeat the drone by soft-kill (RF jamming / GNSS spoofing), hard-kill (kinetic), directed energy (laser/microwave), or an interceptor drone. The Kill Chain tab breaks down each layer.
Which companies make counter-UAS systems in India?
43 manufacturers are tracked; the Indian leaders are BEL and DRDO, with Zen Technologies, Big Bang Boom Solutions, Grene Robotics, Adani and Paras among the growing private field.
What are the import dependencies in Indian counter-UAS?
6 components are rated Critical import dependencies — chiefly AESA radar GaN T/R modules, FPGAs and AI processors — the same semiconductor chokepoints that run through the rest of the Atlas.
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Systems (60)
- Integrated Counter Drone System · V2
- Counter Drone System (CCUAS) · Mk-II
- Zen Anti-Drone System (ZADS) · V3
- Bhargavastra Counter-Drone System · Mk-I
- Indrajaal Anti-Drone System · V1
- Anti-Drone System (X-Mk3) · X-Mk3
- Garuda Anti-Drone System · V2
- Defence Anti-Drone System (DADS) · V1
- Vajra Sentinel Counter-Drone System · V1
- C-DAC Anti-Drone System · V1
- Astra Counter Drone System · V1
- SM Netra Anti-Drone System · V1
- Trishul Anti-Drone System · V1
- Kriti Counter-Drone System · V1
- Detect & Destroy Anti-Drone System · V1
- INSAS Counter-Drone (Naval) · V1
- Sagar Manthan Anti-Drone System · V1
- IGLA-S Manpad Integration (Anti-Drone) · V1
- CUAS Net Launcher (Portable) · V1
- Drona Counter-Drone (Smart City) · V1
- DroneDefender · V3
- DroneGun Tactical · V4
- DroneSentry-X · V2
- Rafael Drone Dome · V1
- Rafael C-Dome (Naval) · V1
- Spike Firefly (Loitering Munition - Anti-Drone capable) · V1
- IAI Drone-Guard · V4
- IAI ELM-2182 (Drone Detection Radar) · V1
- Leonardo Falcon Shield · V1
- Thales Ground Master 60 (CUAS variant) · V1
- Rheinmetall Oerlikon Skynex · V1
- HENSOLDT Xpeller Counter-UAS · V1
- Fortem SkyDome System · V1
- DedronePlatform · V6
- Raytheon (RTX) Coyote Block 2 · V2
- RTX High Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) · V1
- Lockheed Martin ATHENA · V1
- Northrop Grumman Centurion (C-RAM variant) · V1
- Rafael Litening-5 (EO/IR Pod - CUAS capable) · V1
- Elbit Bright Arrow (Soft + Hard Kill) · V1
- L3Harris VAMPIRE (CUAS variant) · V1
- MBDA Sky Warden · V1
- Saab Giraffe AMB (CUAS variant) · V1
- Aselsan REDET (CUAS) · V1
- Bordtek SkyWall 100 · V1
- SkyFang Net Gun (Portable) · V1
- Cerberus GL6 (CUAS capable) · V1
- Sapphire Counter-Drone (Dutch origin) · V1
- ESC BriteCloud (DRFM Decoy - CUAS capable) · V1
- Skylock Dome (CUAS) · V1
- Iron Beam (Laser CUAS) · V1
- Epirus Leonidas Pod (HPM) · V1
- Blue Halo Locust (Laser) · V1
- KNDS France RAPIDFire (Naval CUAS) · V1
- Diehl Defence HPEM (High Power EM) · V1
- Tata Advanced Systems CUAS · V1
- L&T Defence Counter-Drone System · V1
- Kalyani Group Bharat CUAS · V1
- HAL Integrated CUAS (Airborne) · V1
- Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) Counter-Drone · V1
Manufacturers (43)
- Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
- Zen Technologies
- Paras Defence and Space Technologies
- Adani Defence and Aerospace
- Big Bang Boom Solutions
- Grene Robotics
- Garuda Aerospace
- VEGA Integrated Systems
- C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing)
- Astra Microwave Products
- Kritikal SecureScan
- Alpha Design Technologies
- Tata Advanced Systems (TASL)
- Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Defence
- Kalyani Strategic Systems (Bharat Forge)
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
- Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
- BrahMos Aerospace
- DroneShield
- Dedrone (now part of Axon)
- Fortem Technologies
- Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
- Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) / ELTA
- Leonardo
- Thales Group
- Rheinmetall
- HENSOLDT
- Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
- Lockheed Martin
- Northrop Grumman
- Elbit Systems
- L3Harris Technologies
- MBDA
- Saab
- Aselsan
- OpenWorks Engineering (Bordtek)
- Robin Radar Systems
- Teledyne FLIR
- Epirus
- BlueHalo
- KNDS France
- Diehl Defence