India’s Air Force will purchase two Phalcon/IL-76 Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems and 10 Heron TP unmanned air vehicles from Israel Aerospace Industries for $1.4 billion. Delivery of these items will be made over the next two to three years.
The Heron TPs will have sophisticated communication & intelligence systems, detection finders, signal parameters and emitter classification and geo-location capabilities, in addition to electronic surveillance measure for long-range automatic detection and identification of emitting targets, reports Defense World.
India’s army, navy and air force have a joint requirement of over 200 weaponized UAVs in the next 10 years and the ruling government wants future UAV requirements to be met through the Make in India initiative.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
