Indrajaal Announces India’s First AI-Enabled Anti-Drone Patrol Vehicle

Hyderabad: Under increasing pressure from weapon-dropping and drug-carrying drones breaching India’s borders, Hyderabad-based defence tech firm Indrajaal on Wednesday unveiled its Anti-Drone Patrol Vehicle, named the Indrajaal Ranger, designed to counter airborne threats on the move. The company says the system fills a critical gap left by fixed anti-drone posts, which smugglers routinely evade by exploiting terrain, speed and timing.

Unlike static systems that operate only when stationed, the Ranger mounts a full detection and interception suite on a patrol vehicle. It continuously scans airspace, identifies and tracks targets, and neutralises hostile drones without stopping. According to Indrajaal, this is intended to counter the recurring pattern of cross-border drones that appear briefly above canals, farms or highways and disappear before personnel can respond.

Founder and CEO Kiran Raju said the platform was built to improve real-time response capabilities. “Each drone neutralised translates to lives protected and India’s internal security strengthened,” he said, adding that “mobility lets you meet the drone where it is, not where it was a minute ago.”

The Ranger runs on the company’s SkyOS autonomy engine, integrating multiple sensors into a central decision layer that classifies threats, assesses risk and guides engagement under a C5ISRT framework. Engineers described the vehicle as a “moving security dome” that offers protection along a patrol route instead of around a single static post. A specialist involved in the demonstration said the system is intended for border highways, agricultural stretches, critical corridors and dense urban pockets where drones appear suddenly and vanish before a static defence can activate.

Speaking at the launch, former Chinar Corps commander Lt. Gen. Devendra Pratap Pandey (Retd.) said the system reflects the ground realities faced by communities affected by drone-led smuggling. “Technologies like the Anti-Drone Patrol Vehicle are not just machines,” he said. “They are shields protecting our children, our farmers and our future.”

Indrajaal said its counter-UAS systems have already intercepted hostile drones during operations and that the company holds ARDTC certification for deployment. With the Ranger, the company says drone defence now shifts “from checkpoints to active patrols”, following the same routes used by smugglers rather than waiting for threats to emerge.