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SIH26247SoftwareRobotics and Drones

Al-Enabled Drone & Counter-Drone Threat Simulation Trainer

Ministry of Defence (MoD)

Ideas submitted
178 / 500
Deadline
20 October 2026 · closed
Category
Software
Theme
Robotics and Drones

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AR / VR / 3DRobotics / DronesCybersecurity

Background: Recent conflicts have shown that low-cost commercial and military-grade drones, employed individually and in swarms,have become a decisive battlefield factor. Existing training replies on classroom instruction and limited live-fire drills, which are costly, weather-dependent and do not scale to give troops adequate repetitions. Detailed Description: A software-based simulation platform is required to train personnel in recognizing, classifying and responding to drone/swarm threats across varied and realistic scenarios (day/ night,degraded sensors, urban/ rural terrain, single-drone and swarm attacks). The tool should be usable at unit level with minimal speacialized hardware. Expected Solution/ Outcomes: Desktop or VR-capable simulator with scripted and procedurally generated threat scenarios. Decision-tree based scoring on detection time, threat classification accuracy and engagement decisions. After-action review (AAR) dashboard tracking individual/ unit performance over repeated sessions. Adjustments difficulty and scenario randomization to prevent rote learning.

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as of 23 Oct
178ideas submitted

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  1. 01“Who actually faces this problem today?”

    What works: Naming one real person and what they do instead right now. Reading the statement back is not an answer, they already read it.

  2. 02“This already exists. Why yours?”

    What works: That existing tools are consumer products. Yours is built for the ministry, works offline, in the local language, on official data.

  3. 03“Then why has nobody solved it yet?”

    What works: The real blocker. No connectivity, no incentive, nobody owns the data. You only know this if you read the ministry's own reports.

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