Indigenously developed UAV of army crashes near Pokhran

NEW DELHI: An indigenously-developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ( UAV) of the Indian Army today crashed near Pokhran in Rajasthan, the second such incident in 15 days.

Army sources said the UAV, the last of the four inducted in 2011, crashed near Pokhran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan.

The last crash took place in the same area on November 4.

"Today's crash is due to a technical glitch," the sources said.

The Nishant UAV programme is as good as dead now, with the Army deciding not to purchase any more Nishant, the sources said.

A blame game is on between the DRDO and the Army over the three earlier crashes.

In the past DRDO has blamed poor handling by the army for the loss. But, the army has maintained that they failed to perform and had technical problems.