CISF signs MoU to enhance counter-drone skills of security personnel
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Drone Federation of India (DFI) to enhance the counter-drone capabilities of its personnel. This initiative aims to strengthen the security of vital installations in sectors like aviation, nuclear power, and space, by facilitating structured engagements with Indian drone startups and technology companies for capacity building, applied research, and operational preparedness against aerial threats.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Drone Federation of India (DFI) to enhance the counter-drone capabilities of its personnel. This initiative aims to strengthen the security of vital installations in sectors like aviation, nuclear power, and space, by facilitating structured engagements with Indian drone startups and technology companies for capacity building, applied research, and operational preparedness against aerial threats.
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GS Paper III: Internal Security (Security forces and agencies and their mandate; Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention); Science and Technology (Developments and their applications and effects in everyday life; Indigenization of technology and developing new technology).
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