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ideaForge Official ideaForge page ideaForge is the pioneer and the pre-eminent market leader in the Indian unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”) market.

In India, the company has the largest operational deployment of indigenous UAVs, with an ideaForge-manufactured drone taking off every five minutes for surveillance and mapping. Our customers have completed over 500,000 flights using our UAVs. We ranked 5th globally in the dual-use category (civil and defense) drone manufacturers as per the report published by Drone Industry Insights in December 2

023. ideaForge UAVs are equipped with industry-leading specifications and capabilities that are comparable to those of other well-established global players in the UAV industry. Our indigenous design and technological ability to invent, design, and deliver customer-centric offerings enable us to design, develop, engineer, and manufacture our UAVs in-house while maintaining control over performance, reliability, and autonomy. ideaForge's UAV platforms are designed with a 'mission first' approach, i.e., to deliver UAVs that meet our customers' needs and that, we believe, can reliably sustain a large number of flights and can be operated autonomously without special skills or training. In addition to being one of the first few players in India to enter the UAV market, ideaForge was the first company in India to develop and manufacture vertical take-off and landing ("VTOL") UAVs in 2009. The company has industry-leading product portfolios aimed at civil and defense applications (dual use).

Building indigenous technology is one part of the journey. Equally important is enabling the next generation to understa...
25/08/2026

Building indigenous technology is one part of the journey. Equally important is enabling the next generation to understand, engage with and eventually help shape these technologies.

We were pleased to host Maj Gen Vivek Tyagi, Additional Director General (ADG), NCC Directorate, Maharashtra, and his team for an interaction with our Co-founder & CEO, Ankit Mehta, and senior leadership, followed by a visit to our manufacturing facility.

With drone training being introduced for cadets, the discussion explored how industry engagement, technical skilling and exposure to systems can help connect learning with how these technologies are engineered, manufactured and deployed in the real world.

We look forward to continuing the conversation and sharing learnings from our journey of building UAV technology from first principles in India.

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Managing large industrial estates requires more than periodic visibility. It requires a continuously updated view of wha...
21/08/2026

Managing large industrial estates requires more than periodic visibility. It requires a continuously updated view of what is changing on the ground.

Through our Drone-as-a-Service solution, , a major North Indian SEZ integrated drone-based surveillance and mapping across its industrial estates, helping teams achieve 2X coverage, 3X accuracy and 50% fewer disruptions.

Read how the estates moved from periodic manual patrols to continuous , enabling incidents to be addressed as they happen rather than discovered after the fact.

Download the case study: https://forms.zohopublic.com/kruthia/form/CaseStudySIDCULleveragesideaForgeDaaS1/formperma/y_zfViebBhBZhjDpEAwLDdwlxS51LDdcTcv9JHfNwxs

From campus classrooms to building technology for missions that matter.We’re delighted to welcome new team members fro...
20/08/2026

From campus classrooms to building technology for missions that matter.

We’re delighted to welcome new team members from the IIT Bombay, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) to ideaForge.

They bring fresh perspectives, strong foundations and the curiosity to question assumptions and build from first principles. As they begin their journey with us, they will contribute to a larger ambition: building India into a .

We look forward to the ideas they explore, the challenges they take on and the impact they create.

Welcome to ideaForge. Together, we are Built Different.

From extending reach to executing a kinetic effect, Air-Launched Effects are changing how tactical missions can be struc...
18/08/2026

From extending reach to executing a kinetic effect, Air-Launched Effects are changing how tactical missions can be structured.

Our latest experiment takes that conversation into tactical deployment, exploring how can act as an airborne carrier for an autonomous effector designed to execute the terminal phase of an assigned mission.

In our latest article, we go beyond the demonstration to unpack the architecture behind it - and how reach, autonomy, resilience and kinetic effect can come together across different phases of the same mission.

Read the full article: https://ideaforgetech.com/blogs/air-launched-effects-in-tactical-deployment-from-carrier-to-kinetic-effect

Watch the demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PznA2KHnVQE

17/08/2026

Long before India’s ecosystem took shape, we were already experimenting with different architectures.

The Tail-Sitter Hybrid VTOL was one of those early experiments. Flight testing revealed important trade-offs in transition control, controllability, landing precision and operational repeatability across different flight regimes.

The concept proved what was possible, but for the requirements we were designing for, we needed more.

Those learnings shaped the engineering decisions that followed, driving our evolution towards a fixed-wing VTOL architecture that led to – All Terrain Dominator UAV.

The value of experimentation isn't only in what we build. It's in what every experiment teaches us about what to build next.

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Explore more from ideaForge Labs: https://ideaforgetech.com/ideaforge-labs

When the terrain gets challenging, visibility becomes critical.Across nine states, Special Operations Groups have used ...
12/08/2026

When the terrain gets challenging, visibility becomes critical.

Across nine states, Special Operations Groups have used UAV - the All-Terrain Dominator - to strengthen aerial surveillance and real-time situational awareness across demanding operational environments.

From and vision to real-time , SWITCH has helped security forces gain a clearer view from above while reducing operational risk.

Download the full case study to see how SWITCH has supported operations across Naxal-affected regions - https://forms.zohopublic.com/kruthia/form/AntiNaxalCaseStudies/formperma/BfJjxjBkhC7LDSl8ljqCjt277zxRt9SwnkBT6-5_dH0

“We have decided to move into combat-related solutions now.”In conversation with Padmini Dhruvaraj, The New Indian Expre...
10/08/2026

“We have decided to move into combat-related solutions now.”

In conversation with Padmini Dhruvaraj, The New Indian Express, our Co-founder & CEO, Ankit Mehta, discusses our evolving strategy and technology roadmap - from air-launched systems (ALE) and to resilience and in drone operations.

The conversation also looks at how customer requirements are evolving, with the question no longer being just how to hit a target, but how to find it, track it and seamlessly integrate targeting with the strike capability, even in environments where communication links are jammed or and signals are spoofed or denied.

Read the full conversation in today's edition of The New Indian Express.

07/08/2026

The Next Evolution of Tactical Deployment.

Building on our (Air-Launched Effects) experiments, this latest demonstration showcases deploying an autonomous aerial system for precision payload deployment.

By combining long-range reach with autonomous airborne deployment, ZOLT extends mission capability with precision in the final phase of the mission.

Because the future of autonomous operations isn't about what one platform can do. It's about what autonomous systems can accomplish together. .

NOTE: ideaForge Labs | Experimental capability under active development. Not indicative of a finalised product, feature, or operational deployment. Demonstration conducted under controlled conditions by trained personnel.

A city that welcomes millions of people in a matter of weeks cannot be managed from the ground alone.During the , the ...
06/08/2026

A city that welcomes millions of people in a matter of weeks cannot be managed from the ground alone.

During the , the Municipal Corporation deployed FLYGHT Municipality, our Drone-as-a-Service solution, to maintain a live aerial view of the city. Over 170 drone flights across 30 days streamed real-time intelligence directly to the Commissioner's office - helping monitor crowd movement, waste hotspots, waterlogging, streetlight outages, encroachments and more.

Every large public gathering demands a different operational response. , our Drone-as-a-Service solution, enables urban local bodies, police and district administrations to rapidly deploy aerial intelligence for event management - without the need to own fleets, hire pilots or manage operational clearances. The mission changes. The deployment model doesn't.

Explore how FLYGHT Enterprise can help your organisation deploy - when you need it, where you need it. - https://ideaforgetech.com/flyght/flyght-municipality

The Government of India's Research, Development & Innovation ( ) Scheme has issued a Letter of Intent for financial assi...
04/08/2026

The Government of India's Research, Development & Innovation ( ) Scheme has issued a Letter of Intent for financial assistance of up to ₹151 Crore to support the development of , our next-generation heavy-lift autonomous aerial platform.

Designed to deliver critical payloads in high-altitude, remote, and demanding environments, represents our continued focus on building technologies for complex operational challenges.

We're honoured to be among the first companies selected under this landmark initiative and look forward to advancing autonomous aerial logistics for both strategic and commercial applications.

Read more - https://www.businessworld.in/article/ideaforge-secures-rs-151-cr-under-rdi-scheme-to-develop-heavy-lift-uav-platform-yeti-617767

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