CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Drone based surveillance system has been introduced by the Indian Railways for Railway security. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has decided to employ large number of drones for the purpose of Railway security.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abraham Karem (born 1937) is a designer of fixed and rotary-wing unmanned vehicles. He is regarded as the founding father of UAV (drone) technology.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mumbai Division of Central Railway in Indian Railways has recently procured two Ninja UAVs for better security and surveillance in Railway areas like station premises, Railway track sections, yards, workshops, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Varuna is the product of Pune-based Sagar Defence Engineering. (Image credit: Screengrab from video tweeted by ANI) India’s first passenger drone, built by Pune-based Sagar Defence Engineering, will soon be inducted into the Indian Navy.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is equipped with a public announcement system and an onboard video camera for recording and broadcasting real time video feed to the control room. The controlling software of the drone has built-in artificial intelligence tools for decision-making.