Drone Startups Providing Aerial Aid To Indian Defense 

Asteria Aerospace

Funding: INR 23.12 Cr 

RIL Backed Asteria is a robotics and AI startup that offers drone-as-a-service (DaaS) solutions and builds drones for industries such as defence, agriculture, oil and gas, etc.

BonV Aero

Funding: $1 Mn (approx.)

BonV is developing heavy lift eVTOL, vehicles for quick logistics movement in hilly Himalayan terrains to cater to the needs of Indian defence, disaster relief, etc. 

EndureAir Systems

Funding: INR 13.5 Cr

Endure Air Systems offers personalised unmanned drones that can be utilised for various functions including border surveillance, logistics and aerial mapping, among others.

Enercomp Solutions

Funding: $660K

AI drone startup Enercomp offers service with UAV ‘drones’ and a variety of sensors for efficient and reliable data acquisition and processing, providing high standards analytics to gain insights into the data.

Throttle Aerospace Systems

Funding: NA

Throttle is the first DGCA-approved drone manufacturer for civil drones. It has also got a licence from the Ministry of Defense for manufacturing military drones. 

Funding: $2.8 Mn

Optimized Electrotech

Defence tech startup Optimized Electrotech produces indigenous surveillance systems for security forces, national assets, defence and aerospace companies. 

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