Ninja Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Why in news?

• Indian railways recently said it has procured ‘Ninja Unmanned Aerial Vehicles’ (UAV) to enhance monitoring of the railway assets and ensure additional safety for passengers through a drone-based surveillance system.

About Ninja Drones:

• Indian Railways has recently procured two Ninja UAVs for better security and surveillance in Railway areas like station premises, Railway track sections, yards, workshops, etc,
• It can also be used to launch surveillance on criminal and anti-social activities like gambling, throwing of garbage, hawking in railway premises
• Ninja UAV is known to be economical and one of the most accessible drones for surveillance and will enable real-time tracking.
• These drones are capable of real time tracking, video streaming and may be operated on automatic fail safe mode.
• A drone camera can cover large areas which requires 8-10 RPF personnel. Thus, it may lead to substantial improvement in utilisation of scarce manpower
• They will be operated by Trained personnel from Railway protection force.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Which of the following organisations have recently decided to use a UAV called “Ninjas” for surveillance:
(a)Border Security Force
(b)ONGC
(c)Airports authority of India
(d)Indian Railways

Answer to prelims question