Indian Army receives indigenous kamikaze drones and precision munitions on May 12, 2026

Exam-focused facts from the 14 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Indian Army received the UAV-Launched Precision Guided Munition (ULPGM) and AGNIKAA VTOL-1 First-Person View (FPV) Kamikaze Drone under emergency procurement (EP-6).
Both combat systems were designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in collaboration with Adani Defence & Aerospace.
The ULPGM is a loitering munition featuring a 2-kg warhead and a 1-metre circular error probable (CEP) accuracy for destroying soft and hard targets.
The AGNIKAA VTOL-1 drone has an endurance of 30 minutes, a speed of 60 km/h, and the capability to operate in GPS-denied and electronic warfare environments.
Adani Defence & Aerospace handed over these indigenous systems to the Western Command of the Indian Army after successful high-altitude and electronic warfare trials.