The Indian Army has issued a request for proposal to procure 48 jet pack suits through fast-track procedure under the buy Indian category that must have at least 60% indigenous content.
The total weight of the jetpack suit must not exceed 40 kilograms and it should have any modern propulsion system including turbine engines, electric propulsion or hybrid systems.
The maximum speed should not be less than 50 kilometres per hour, payload carrying capacity of at least 80 kilograms, operational altitude of 3000 meters and a minimum flight time of 8 minutes.