Indian Navy and Drone Federation of India Join Hands

Current Context: The Naval Innovation Indigenization Organization (NIIO) under the Indian Navy and the Drone Federation of India (DFI) partnered to promote indigenous development, manufacturing, and testing of drones and counter-drones.

• The Technology Development and Acceleration Cell (TDAC) of the NIIO and the Drone Federation of India (DFI) will collaborate in the research and development (R&D) and manufacturing of indigenous drones for the Indian Navy.
• The primary objective of this collaboration is to increase the Navy-Industry-Academia Synergy and achieve the goal of making the nation “Atmanirbhar”.
• The partnership between TDAC and DFI will set a strong roadmap for the induction of drone and counter-drone platforms in the Indian Navy.
• DFI is a non-government, not-for-profit body that was established in the year 2017 with the objective to build a sustainable UAV Industry in India. The current Director of the DFI is Smit Shah.
• NIIO was launched in 2020 by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with the objective to foster indigenization and innovation for self-reliance (Atmanirbharta) in defence.

Question:

Q.1 DFI partnered with the Technology Development and Acceleration Cell (TDAC) of the NIIO to manufacture indigenous drones for?
a. Indian Army
b. Indian Air Force
c. Indian Navy
d. BSF