Hyderabad-based air defense systems company Indrajaal has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered anti-drone patrol vehicle (ADPV). Called Indrajaal Ranger, it is designed to detect and deter unauthorized drones in urban areas and border areas. ADPV is equipped with a variety of instruments to counter illegal drones, such as Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) spoofing, radio frequency (RF) jamming, and even a spring-loaded kill switch. The fully mobile vehicle also features an artificial intelligence command system called SkyOS.
Indrajaal Ranger Revealed: Features and Functionality
The company calls it India’s first ADPV, detailing its capabilities and how it detects and destroys drones. Developed by Grene Robotics, Indrajaal Ranger’s system is mounted on an all-terrain 4×4 vehicle and is equipped with multiple detection and mitigation technologies, managed by the artificial intelligence-powered SkyOS command center. The price of the car has not been revealed as the company sells these vehicles through contact sales.
“With the use of drones to smuggle drugs, weapons and explosives increasing dramatically on India’s western and northern borders, Indrajaal Drone Defense has launched the ready-to-deploy Indrajaal Ranger. It is India’s first mobile anti-drone patrol vehicle specifically designed to deal with cross-border aerial threats,” the company told PTI in a statement.
In terms of technology stack, the company said the ADPV is equipped with a network takeover unit that can take control of a rogue drone and pilot it remotely, as well as GNSS spoofing instruments that can jam navigation signals, radio frequency jamming tools, and kinetic kill mechanisms. Indrajaal Ranger can operate autonomously as the SkyOS command center can detect, determine and neutralize targets. The company claims that going from detection to neutralization can be done in seconds.
Detailing SkyOS, the company said it fuses vehicle-deployed command and control unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) sensor data into a unified system. As vehicles enter high-threat areas, the command center continuously detects, classifies and handles airborne threats.
SkyOSTM acts as the mission brain of each Indrajaal Ranger, fusing data from the vehicle’s deployed C-UAS sensors into a decisive artificial intelligence control core. When the Ranger enters a high-threat area, SkyOSTM continuously detects, classifies and prioritizes air threats within combat range.
In terms of its range, ADPV has a hard kill range of up to 2 kilometers, a soft kill range of up to 3 kilometers, a soft capture range of up to 5 kilometers, and a detection range of up to 10 kilometers.
