Garuda Aerospace to set up drone factory in Malaysia

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Chennai-based drone startup Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd on June 22 announced that it has teamed up with Malaysia-based HiiLSE Global Sdn Bhd (HiiLSE Drones) to set up a 2.42 hectares drone factory in Malaysia with an investment of Rs 115 crore.
Speaking with The Indian Express, Agnishwar Jayaprakash, founder and CEO of Garuda Aerospace, said that the true potential of drone technology is yet to be tapped. “We are still only looking at the tip of the iceberg when it comes to drone applications and Garuda Aerospace was founded with a vision of disrupting multi-billion dollar business sectors using drone tech,” he said.
The startup recently deployed white knight delivery drones in Assam to support the state disaster management department’s rescue efforts amid the ongoing floods, Jayaprakash said.
“5G-integrated drones will enable connectivity like never before and Garuda is focused on building an asset light model to facilitate such connectivity in rural areas,” Jayaprakash added. In February this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched ‘Kisan Drone Yatra’, a project by Garuda Aerospace that sent 100 drones to various locations in the country to apply pesticides on farms. “Once 5G is integrated, our Kisan drones will essentially become supercomputers in villages and rural India will finally have equal opportunities with respect to connectivity,” Jayaprakash said.
The company manufactures 30 different types of drones and offers over 50 types of services such as precision agriculture spray, industry 4.0 upgradation services, structural damage inspection, warehouse management, seed dropping, solar panel cleaning, project monitoring, drone delivery of medicines for hospitals and drone delivery of packages for food.
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