Sheshnaag-150

The Sheshnaag-150 is an Indian, long-range, swarming one-way attack drone, developed by the Bengaluru-based private company NewSpace Research & Technologies. The design is comparable to the Iranian origin Shahed 136 and the US LUCAS drones.

History

Background The use of loitering munitions has seen an increased usage and effectiveness during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Red Sea crisis, the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and other conflicts. The type of drones were also used during the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict. This made the indigenous development of such platforms necessary.

Development Sheshnaag-150 made its public debut during the Aero India 2025. The drone will be offered to all the branch of the Indian Armed Forces. It is part of the larger Sheshnaag programme of the NewSpace Research & Technologies (NRT). The startup is developing a family of one-way attack UAVs under the programme with a strike range of .

The development, originally an internal project of NRT, was fast-tracked following Operation Sindoor when the leadership of the start up was summoned by the Indian military.

Design The drone is being developed as a collaborative attack swarming system from scratch. The swarm strategy is being adopted to overwhelm enemy air defences and undertake precision strikes. The indigenously developed software and connective systems can autonomously track, detect and destroy adversary targets including infrastructure, vehicles or personnel. It can deliver warhead at a ranges exceeding .

Trials The first flight of the drone was completed by February 2025 from the Chitradurga Aeronautical Test Range.

Another trial was undertaken during April 2026 at the Pokhran Test Range without a live warhead. The trial demonstrated a strike range of over and validated its coordinated swarm attacks, controlled terminal strike, and reliable long-distance flight performance.

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