The Netra is an Indian,Light Weight autonomous UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) jointly developed by the Defence Research And Development Organisation’s Research and Development Establishment (R&DE) ad IdeaForge,a Mumbai-based Private firm.

This is the Indian indigenous mini-Unmanned Aerial vehicle used for surveillance and reconnaissance operations.

It tooks its first flight on 3 July 2010 and introduced in service by 30 January 2012 and till now 24 prototypes are built.

It is primary used by Central Reserve Police Force and Border Security Force.

It looks like this Image


Design and development

The Netra is a lightweight UAV, constructed of carbon fiber composites, that uses quadcopters to provide lift and control giving a VTOL capability.

In this carbon-fibre is used which resulted in a light weight of 1.5 kg (3 lb) and makes the Netra very portable

It also contains the power supply, military-grade controller, hand-held operator console and the communication systems

It has no moving parts other than the rotors, motors and transmissions, and hence it requires very low maintenance


Operators

-Defence Research and Development Organisation - 10 units

-Border Security Force (BSF)

-Indo-Tibetan Border Police

-Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - 12 units

-Mumbai Police

-Gujarat Police - 2 units

-NDRF – 1

-Indian Army, Indian Navy and several other state police and cenrtal paramilitary forces have shown interest in the UAV.

Specifications

General characteristics

-Crew: none

-Payload: High resolution CCD camera (Thermal camera)

-Length: 90 cm (2.95 ft)

-Rotor diameter: 90 cm (2.95 ft)

-Height: ()

-Empty weight: 1.5 Kg (3.3 lbs)

-Powerplant: 4 × External swappable Li-Po batteries, () each


Performance

-Maximum speed: 30 km/hr

-Range: 2500 m (8200 ft)

-Service ceiling: 300 m (985 ft)