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India spends billions on drones it doesn’t build. Its own are sold abroad

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14.04.2026

After eight failed attempts to clear the military’s selection process, Suhas Tejaskanda found another way to get involved with the Indian Army.

The founder of Flying Wedge Defence and Aerospace spent over two years studying drone deployments along India’s border with China, tracking where imported systems fell short, and what a better, more localised alternative could look like.

What he built was a medium-altitude, long-endurance combat drone, designed for Indian terrain and operating constraints.

“We saw clear........

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