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Asteria Aerospace

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asteria.co.in

In-house hardware design, flight software, and manufacturing: A200-XT small drone (DGCA type-certified, swappable day/thermal payloads, up to 40 min flight) and AT-15 blended-wing VTOL (up to 120 min endurance, 20 km LOS range, operations up to 6,000 m AMSL, integrated EO-IR payload). SkyDeck is a cloud- and AI-powered end-to-end drone data management platform generating actionable insights from aerial data; Asteria Mission Control handles mission planning and control. First Indian company with two DGCA type-certified drones; customers span defence, homeland security, police, agriculture, energy, and industrial sectors.

HeadquartersBengaluru, IN
Founded2011
Corporate funding$3M
TeamNot listed
Deployments1
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageCorporate-backed (majority-owned subsidiary of Jio Platforms / Reliance Industries)
FoundersNeel Mehta (Co-founder & Director), Nihar Vartak (Co-founder & Director)
Regions servedIndia
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-21
XNot listed
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinesecurity

A200-XT

  • DGCA type-certified small drone with up to 40 minutes flight time and quick-swap high-zoom day camera or thermal night camera payloads

    Compact quadcopter for law enforcement, industrial security, infrastructure inspection, and agriculture/land survey; Asteria's second DGCA type-certified drone

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Machinesecurity

AT-15

  • VTOL drone with blended-wing design, up to 120 minutes endurance, 20 km line-of-sight range, operations up to 6,000 m above mean sea level, integrated EO-IR payload for day/night ISR

    Vertical takeoff and landing fixed-wing UAV for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions; launched and recovered from confined spaces

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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2024-12-06Indian Armydefence ISR operationsINNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordReliance Industries (via Jio Platforms)
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2024-12-06Delivers largest-ever contract of AT-15 VTOL drones to the Indian ArmyANI News
2023-01-17A200-XT receives DGCA type certification, making Asteria the first Indian company with two DGCA type-certified dronesThe NFA Post
2019-12-13Reliance Industries acquires 51.78% stake for INR 23.12 crore, with up to INR 125 crore further investment tied to milestones; later held under Jio PlatformsInc42
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Source ledger

4 unique public sources

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Reliance Acquires 51% Stake In Drone Startup Asteria (INR 23.12 Cr for 51.78%; up to INR 125 Cr further investment tied to milestones)Inc42 · retrieved 2026-07-21
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Asteria Aerospace receives DGCA type certification for its A200-XT droneAsteria Aerospace
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Asteria Aerospace enhances Indian army's eyes in the sky with supply of AT-15 VTOL dronesANI News
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Asteria Aerospace Receives DGCA Certification For A200-XT DroneThe NFA Post