Special Issue: Future of Military Unmanned Systems in India

Contents

Editorial

Guest Editorial

Focus

• Unmanned Battlefield Systems: Future Unknowns

  – S. Guruprasad

• Global Developments in Sea-based Unmanned Crafts

  – Sanur Sharma

• ‘Anusandhan’-led ‘Atmanirbhar’ UAS Industry in India

  – R.K. Narang

• Maintenance Ecosystem of Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) in Military Aviation

  – A. Karunakaran

• The Matador’s Sword: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Against Urban Terror

  – A.V. Chandrasekaran

• Drones and Arms Control

  – Manish

• Nuclear Mission of Drones

  – Rajiv Nayan

• Biological and Chemical Threats and UAV Delivery Systems: A Lethal Combination

  – Mrinmayee Bhushan

• Counter UAS Technologies for India: A Prognosis

  – Akshat Upadhyay

• Concerns for Drone Proliferation in India and Challenges to Air Space Management

  – Swaim Prakash Singh

• Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS): Future of Warfare

  – Apratim Sharma

Commentaries

• Drone Warfare: History, Evolution and Future

  – Krutika Patil

• Military Drones in India: New Frontier of Warfare

  – Pintu Kumar Mahla

• Mathematical Conceptualisation of Shooting Down a Drone/Helicopter

  – Neeraj Pant and Satyanarayana Gedela

• The Reality of AI Drones: Are they Overhyped?

  – Kritika Roy

• AI and the Future of Air Combat in India

  – Bulbul Prakash

• Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles: Some Ethical Considerations for the Defence Applications of AI

  – Halima Z. Ansari

Guidelines for Contributors