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ZEN Technologies gained more than 7% after the company bagged ₹404 crore order from the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
What’s the deal: the order includes ₹332 crore for Anti-Drone Systems / Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) and ₹72 crore for training simulators & equipment.
The C-UAS chunk is essentially a full “spot–track–stop” package designed to detect suspicious drones and neutralise them before they cause damage (or drop payloads).
Think of it as a layered setup that can include radars/sensors, electro-optical cameras, and soft-kill / hard-kill countermeasures depending on the deployment need.
Why it matters: anti-drone / Counter-UAS systems because drones have gone from being hobby gadgets to cheap, low-risk weapons and smuggling tools. This is especially along India’s western border.
These drones are used to drop arms, ammunition, and narcotics, forcing security forces to invest in systems that can detect, track, jam, and neutralise threats quickly and safely.
