Overview

• The Border Security Force has revised its curriculum to include drone warfare as a compulsory subject for all ranks, officials said.
• A School of Drone Warfare inaugurated on September 2 at the BSF Officers’ Academy in Tekanpur has completed its first training batch, with a second cohort underway.
• Initial funding of about Rs 20 crore has been sanctioned for simulators, jammers, kinetic interceptors, live flying zones and other training gear.
• The force aims to train roughly 500 personnel a year across ‘drone commando’ and ‘drone warrior’ courses covering piloting, surveillance, jamming, AI-based tracking, payload integration and anti-drone tactics.
• A drone technology lab at RJIT and a Police Technology Innovation Centre are working with IITs and industry on indigenous UAV and counter‑UAV solutions, with plans to coordinate BSF drone assets with the defence forces during conflicts.