Indian Navy Hermes 900 (Drishti-10) Delivered

Adani Defence & Aerospace handed over the first Drishti-10 Starliner to the Indian Navy on 10 January 2024 at a ceremony in Hyderabad led by the Chief of the Naval Staff. The Drishti-10 is the locally built version of Elbit's Hermes 900 medium-altitude long-endurance drone, with a stated endurance of 36 hours and a 450 kg payload, and is certified to STANAG 4671 for flight in unsegregated airspace. The company said the aircraft would be flown from Hyderabad to Porbandar in Gujarat for induction into naval maritime surveillance operations. The Navy had ordered two aircraft under emergency procurement powers, with two more for the Army.