Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is budding a Multi-mission maritime aircraft (MMMA) for the Indian Coast Guard.
This aircraft will apparently be deployed to avoid interruption into Indian waters by unknown vessels. It will be weaponized to prevent unwanted intruders and will keep an eye on the discarding of oil and pollution.
DRDO has been at the front situation of developing technologies in the defense domain. "Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar (AESAR)" technology developed by the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (ERDE) was accessible to the industry by DRDO earlier in August. The lab has asked companies to submit their profiles to apply for the project.
"Development of the dedicated observation vehicle is under process," Former Chairman of DRDO, S Christopher said while speaking on 'development of Indian flying observation systems' at the first webinar organized as part of Aero India 2019.
"The MMMA will play a key role in sea supervision of surface ships and boats," he said. After the introduction of the first version of Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) into Indian Armed Forces, six bigger versions of aircraft are being developed.