DroneShield and M2K Technologies, a part of M2K Group with business interests in defence, have entered into an agreement to collaborate and distribute DroneShield solutions in the Indian market.
“M2K Technologies is a strong business partner in the Indian market, which has been seeing a rapid rise in the c-UAS requirements, being driven by non-state (such as criminal and terrorist) and state-based use of UAS, including escalation of the India-China border conflict along the Line of Actual Control,” Oleg Vornik, DroneShield’s CEO, said.
“We are pleased to partner with DroneShield for addressing the imminent threat emerging from rogue drones faced by forces and security agencies and provide solutions across industries to protect our borders, prisons, airports, petrochemical complexes and other critical infrastructures and VIPs,” Vikash Bhagchandka, President of M2K, said. “We are actively engaging in multiple procurement processes in India in the c-UAS space through our partnership.”
The Australia-India defence relationship has been strengthening in recent years, including through signing of multiple landmark defence arrangements between the countries in June 2020 as part of the Australia-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India is part of the ‘Quad’, which brings together the US, Australia, India and Japan for naval exercises.
Last year, Australia was invited to join Exercise Malabar alongside the other Quad members for the first time since 2007 that all four countries have conducted joint military training.
DroneShield participated in DefExpo 2020 in India as part of Team Defence Australia.