The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is planning to acquire an optical fibre cable (OFC) and radio frequency (RF)-based first-person view (FPV) 'kamikaze' drone system, and has sought technical inputs and comments from manufacturers and vendors on its draft requirements, news agency ANI reported on November 11.

Source: ANI via Desi Talk Chicago

The draft qualitative requirements (QRs) and trial directives run to more than 50 specifications. The system would comprise separate day-vision and night-vision unmanned aircraft that could carry high-explosive anti-personnel warheads, fly at a minimum operating speed of 150 km/h or more with full payload, and cover a mission range of 15 kilometres or more, ANI reported.

Source: ANI via WebIndia123

A kamikaze drone — formally a loitering munition — is an unmanned aircraft packed with explosives that works as both a surveillance sensor and a guided weapon, flying one-way missions against designated objectives. The CRPF draft covers two control architectures: a fibre-optic link, in which a hair-thin cable carries the video and control signals and cannot be jammed by radio, and a conventional RF link, according to an analysis of the draft specification by DroneCamps.

Source: DroneCamps analysis of the CRPF draft spec

Firms have been asked to state clearly whether they are original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) or vendors, and to submit certificates from government laboratories or NABL- or ILAC-accredited laboratories for specified technical parameters, along with OEM certificates where required. The information has been sought by November 25, 2026, through the Communication Directorate at CRPF headquarters in New Delhi.

The CRPF is India's largest central armed police force and carries much of the country's internal-security and counter-insurgency burden. What happens next: industry responses are due by November 25, after which the force is expected to finalise its requirements before any procurement step.