India is building a stealth combat drone priced like a 4.5 gen fighter 🇮🇳
Ghatak UCAV is awaiting CCS approval. Once cleared full scale prototyping and funding accelerates immediately.
Operational induction in 7 to 8 years.
Here is what makes Ghatak strategically significant 👇
- 13 ton stealth flying wing designed for SEAD and deep penetration strike
- Powered by indigenous dry Kaveri engine currently in certification
- Unit cost expected to be comparable to Tejas Mk1A
- 67 units approved in first phase distributed across IAF squadrons
- Not counted in traditional squadron strength giving IAF room to scale without limits
- Operates alongside AMCA, Tejas Mk2 and Su-30MKI as loyal wingman
That pricing point is the part nobody is talking about enough.
The F-35 costs over $80 million per unit. India is targeting stealth UCAV capability at a fraction of that.
If achieved India can field stealth assets in numbers that no other air force in the region can match. 🔥