Strategic Funding and Collaboration Unites Indian and Silicon Valley Drone Innovators to Ship Superior Army and Industrial UAVs
by DRONELIFE Workers Author Ian J. McNabb
Mumbai-based drone developer ideaForge lately introduced a strategic funding and partnership settlement with Silicon Valley-based Vantage Robotics, a developer of small type issue (nano/micro) UAVs targeted on navy purchasers. ideaForge and Vantage Robotics highlighted the synergy between ideaForge’s software program and intelligence platforms alongside Vantage’s vary of UAV designs, floor management stations, and gimbal expertise, positioning each corporations to supply a variety of recent drone options based mostly on shared expertise.
ideaForge is a number one presence in India and has an increasing footprint in worldwide markets with its NDAA sec848 compliant UAV platforms. ideaForge views Vantage’s vary of smaller drones as complementary to their very own lineup, permitting them to supply extra tailor-made options for navy and industrial purchasers.
“With this funding and partnership, ideaForge is additional underscoring its long-term dedication to constructing and enabling cutting-edge expertise and merchandise. This won’t solely improve our capacity to drive adoption of revolutionary drone options however will even deepen our presence in the USA given their Blue sUAS standing and their expertise & historical past within the area,” stated Mr. Ankit Mehta, CEO of ideaForge Expertise Restricted. “Vantage Robotics has constructed a formidable portfolio of nano and micro drones, and collectively, we are going to provide next-generation UAV options globally that push the boundaries of efficiency, reliability, and autonomy.”
“Vantage Robotics appears to be like ahead to working with ideaForge to advance our shared mission of delivering the very best instruments to our nationwide safety, legislation enforcement, and inspection clients in India and past”, stated Vantage Robotics CEO Tobin Fisher. “ideaForge’s excellence in drone expertise and product improvement, knowledge intelligence, manufacturing and the management place within the Indian market will assist us convey our mixed portfolio of UAVs to new heights.”
In line with their press launch, ideaForge operates a state-of-the-art AS9100:D licensed manufacturing facility in Navi Mumbai, the place it has efficiently scaled manufacturing of its UAVs to satisfy rising home and worldwide demand. As a part of this strategic partnership, Vantage Robotics will have the ability to leverage ideaForge’s manufacturing experience and capability to fabricate its merchandise for the Indian and different markets, making certain optimum utilization of its superior manufacturing infrastructure and rising effectivity.
This partnership represents an thrilling new step for the Indian and American drone industries and will bode effectively for future technical partnerships between Indian and American corporations in future.
Extra info on Vantage Robotics is obtainable right here. Extra info on ideaForge is obtainable right here.
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Miriam McNabb is the Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE and CEO of JobForDrones, knowledgeable drone companies market, and a fascinated observer of the rising drone business and the regulatory atmosphere for drones. Miriam has penned over 3,000 articles targeted on the industrial drone area and is a world speaker and acknowledged determine within the business. Miriam has a level from the College of Chicago and over 20 years of expertise in excessive tech gross sales and advertising and marketing for brand new applied sciences.
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