Indian Navy Eyes Vertical Takeoff UAVs

The Navy is looking to buy a new type of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that operates and functions like a chopper. It can be operated from ship decks for real time surveillance and intelligence gathering at sea to spot militants, pirates and enemies, besides aiding in rescue operations and scanning oil rigs. So far the armed forces have the conventional UAVs that take-off like small planes and hover over specified targets to gather information.
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