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India Today
6 days ago
- Business
- India Today
Hawk-eyed, hackproof: Made-in-India drones by Army during Op Sindoor
Drones that were made in India played a pivotal role in surveillance operations during the recent Operation Sindoor. The Zuppa company's Hawk, Scout, and Eagle drones were deployed by the Indian defence forces as part of early warning systems to detect enemy troop movement and calculate potential ground located in Guindy, has developed these drones entirely in India — from the chipset to the airframe — with a strong emphasis on cybersecurity. The drones are certified with OWASP 4.0, making them hackproof even under battlefield conditions. 'We designed our chipsets in-house to ensure complete cyber security and operational independence,' said company founder Venkatesh to Sai, the Hawk drone was instrumental during Operation Sindoor, giving Indian troops the advantage of surveillance up to 2 km inside enemy territory from within the Line of Control (LoC). Operation Sindoor also offered critical insights into modern electronic warfare. Pakistani forces used high-energy blanket GPS jamming across a 150 km radius, rendering L-band signals unusable. 'They jammed up to 500 meters using a Gypsy-mounted jammer. In response, our forces increased drone altitude to 1.5 km. The enemy then switched to directional jamming, targeting drones with antenna-based interference,' said Geo Navigation has supplied 150 drones to the Indian defence dorces so far and is currently developing kamikaze drones and payload-drop variants, building on the operational success seen during Operation Sindoor. advertisement
New Indian Express
11-05-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Tactile drone made by Chennai company gets Indian Army's field-level validation
CHENNAI: A micro-category surveillance drone developed by a Chennai-based company has received the nod from the Indian Army, marking a potential inflection point in India's ambitions to build a sovereign defence technology ecosystem and reduce its reliance on import from other foreign entities. Zuppa Geo Navigation Technologies, a Chennai-based firm, has secured field-level validation for its Ajeet Mini drone- a compact tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed for reconnaissance missions. The Army's endorsement came after field trials conducted earlier this week by a Mountain Brigade operating in high-altitude terrain, where the drone met key performance parameters. The Army's validation is not a procurement contract but is believed to be a crucial first step, providing Zuppa with access to further trials, and a possible entry into a strategic procurement pipeline in the coming years. The Ajeet Mini is built around Zuppa's proprietary patented autopilot system and features a domestically developed cyber-physical stack, including in-house firmware, command protocols, and ground control software. 'We've developed the entire stack ourselves- hardware, software, structural components, and the control systems,' said company founder Sai Pattabiram. On the day prior to the announcement, Indian forces intercepted a coordinated drone swarm believed to be launched by Pakistan across the LOC near Jammu. Pattabiram said that Zuppa's SWARM platform offers potential for 'deep penetration' missions across adverse borders without the risks associated with manned sorties. Analysts say the domestic demand for drones- spanning defence, agriculture, and logistics- could create a fertile environment for globally competitive innovation, provided policy support and procurement pipelines remain robust. 'Drone manufacturing will evolve in distinct clusters, driven by domestic volume,' Pattabiram added.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Yahoo
Former prosecutor wants new probe into mysterious 2013 suicide of NYC woman who washed ashore on Gilgo Beach: ‘Is this Rex?'
She could be No. 12. There needs to be a more thorough probe into the 2013 suicide of Queens woman Natasha Jugo, argued onetime prosecutor Raymond Zuppa, who believes she was murdered by the Long Island Serial Killer. 'Given the geographical location, as well as current and historical events … I believe the investigation into this matter should be reopened and competently investigated,' Zuppa stated in a petition filed Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court that names the NYPD and Commissioner Jessica Tisch as defendants. 'The area of the occurrence is infamous.' Zuppa told The Post Friday he'd like to see cops take a fresh look at the case, particularly in the wake of accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann's 2023 arrest. 'This is Gilgo,' Zuppa said, stopping just short of saying Jugo was a victim of the serial killer. 'I wouldn't rule it out, it makes more sense,' the 'semi-retired' prosecutor added. 'But they don't want this to be a murder. It was ruled a suicide on May 2, 2013 — without a body.' Jugo, 31, a diagnosed schizophrenic, was last seen leaving her Bayside, Queens, residence the afternoon of March 16, 2013; she'd been sent to a nearby pharmacy to pick up a prescription for her sickly father. The next day, a woman walking along Tobay Beach in Massapequa found Jugo's purse and some clothing, and called 911. The NYPD and police from Suffolk and Nassau counties responded and located Jugo's 2009 Prius parked along the shoulder on Ocean Parkway. They also said footprints leading from the car to the surf were found at the scene. Gilgo Beach is located in Suffolk County, but not far from the county line. Her body was eventually discovered on June 24, 2013, little more than three miles away washed ashore on Gilgo Beach. Zuppa, who is based in Long Island, does not believe Jugo drove 30 minutes from her home to commit suicide by walking into the Atlantic, and instead thinks there's a link between her death and Heuermann's alleged victims. Heuermann, 61, has been charged with the murders of seven of the 11 people investigators found along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in Suffolk County between December 2010 and April 2011. Investigators have said DNA evidence directly links the architect to the serial killings. 'Walking into the Gilgo Surf up to her head and then inhaling the ocean water would have been an excruciatingly painful way for Ms. Jugo to commit suicide,' reads the petition, which argued footprints could not have been found on the beach due to the shifting tides. 'Ms. Jugo would have entered the water at low tide,' Zuppa reasoned in his petition. 'The footprints wouldhave been washed away. And the clothing allegedly discarded at the water's edge when Ms. Jugoentered the water would have been out in the Atlantic.' Zuppa's petition also noted Jugo's body 'showed no signs of trauma,' making it easily identifiable to the cops at Gilgo — they notified her family within hours. 'The interactions between currents, waves, and the seabed creates a large amount of visible trauma to a human body when the body is on the seabed for a prolonged period,' he wrote. 'Furthermore, sea creatures such as fish and crabs feed on human bodies, turning said bodies into bones.' Zuppa had been trying since 2023 to obtain the case files from three different agencies. What he did receive showed discrepancies in what Jugo was found wearing between the Nassau County investigator's account — where she was clad in jeans, a bra and shirt over her head — and the one written by Suffolk County detectives, who found her with a bra only. He also claimed a partially redacted photo from the crime scene showed the presence of a rope 'around either the decedent's legs, waist, or neck.' Of the seven Gilgo victims Heuermann's been charged with killing, four were discovered bound with belts or tape. 'She floated ashore right across the street from where the Gilgo Four were found,' Zuppa added. 'Two years later, is this Rex? Did he grab her and hold her for a long period of time?' Heuermann has entered not guilty pleas to the seven murders he's alleged to have committed.
