Chennai headquartered drone start-up Garuda Aerospace and Naini Aerospace engineering Limited (NAeL), a wholly owned subsidiary of HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) under the administrative control of the Ministry of Defence, have signed a joint development partnership to manufacture Advanced Precision Drones. The drones which will be made by Garuda Aerospace will be able to carry a payload of around 25 kg.
“Partnerships with government PSUs are critical given the knowledge and experience they possess to scale up production,” said Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder and CEO, Garuda Aerospace.
R.R. Thakur, Chief Executive Officer, Naini Aerospace engineering Limited (NAeL) said, “Our experience with the production of helicopter structures was launched in July 2018 in a newly-constructed aero-structure hangar equipped with state-of- the-art facilities.