Even if India does not meet its requirement for 1,000 new helicopters by 2020, its military will be ordering a vast number of new rotorcraft.

When deliveries are completed, the Russian firm will have delivered 222 kits to the state-owned airframer, which builds the Su-30MKI under license at its Nashik factory.

Named “Cheel,” the UAV is to be jointly developed and produced by Dynamatic Technologies and AeroVironment in India.