HAL, Tata and L&T among about 10 bidders for Rs 30,000 crore Indian defence drone programme

India’s Defence Ministry has received about 10 bids for a project worth over Rs 30,000 crore to procure 87 MediumAltitude LongRange, Endurance unmanned aerial vehicles, including submissions from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Tata Advanced Systems and Larsen & Toubro. The programme is aimed at strengthening border intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike capabilities while reducing reliance on imported equipment. Plans also call for integrating indigenous missile systems on the drones, officials told ANI.