CBI arrests deputy DGCA, senior executive of corporate group in drone import bribery caseThe CBI has apprehended a senior official from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and a top executive from Asteria Aerospace. The ar...
19 Apr, 2026, 10.14 PM IST
Digital public infrastructure driving growth of Indian startups: Industry leadersThe development of digital public infrastructure (DPI) in India in the last decade has steered the growth of startups in the country, indus...
09 Dec, 2023, 06.06 PM IST
Asteria Aerospace receives DGCA type certification for its A200-XT droneWith this achievement, Asteria said it has become the first company to have two DGCA-certified drones that it can offer to its customers fo...
16 Jan, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
Asteria Aerospace receives India's first micro category drone certification from DGCAAccording to the company statement, it is a rugged, reliable, and performance-driven multirotor drone that weighs less than two kg and has ...
06 Oct, 2022, 08.06 PM IST
Aviation ministry releases second provisional list of 23 beneficiaries under the PLI scheme for dronesThe Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has released the second provisional list of 23 beneficiaries under the Production-Linked Incentive (P...
07 Jul, 2022, 12.21 PM IST
Government releases list of 23 beneficiaries under PLI scheme for dronesThe combined annual sales turnover of the shortlisted companies has increased from Rs 88 crore in FY 2020-21 to Rs 319 crore (unaudited) in...
06 Jul, 2022, 11.13 PM IST
Jio using drones for tower surveillance, upkeep ahead of 5G rolloutsThe Mukesh Ambani-led telco is leveraging its stake buy in drone maker Asteria Aerospace—some three years ago—to test use cases for tower m...
25 May, 2022, 02.41 PM IST
Asteria Aerospace launches drone software platform SkyDeckNeel Mehta, cofounder and director, Asteria Aerospace, noted that the recent liberalisation of regulations for drone operations and the pro...
23 Mar, 2022, 01.28 PM IST
India registers 29,500 drones as Govt sets up database"The government's focus on drones is mainly on using it for the agricultural and other essential item delivery in rural areas as well as fo...
04 Dec, 2021, 12.17 AM IST
Adani, RIL units keen to scale up drone productionThe development is in sync with India's liberalised rules for the drone industry, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed as a “landmark”...
30 Aug, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
Expect pizza delivery by drones soon as India allows experimental flightsAs part of its drone policy, India had allowed drone operations in all areas barring some red zones – areas closer to airports, internation...
05 May, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
Drone maker IdeaForge raises Rs 15 crore from BlackSoilIdeaForge, a homegrown drone startup, will use the Rs 15 crore funding from investor BlackSoil to fulfil a recent order from the Indian Arm...
02 Mar, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
DGCA nod clears runway for the Dawn of Drone ageDunzo, Swiggy and Zomato are among 13 consortia to have received approvals to test fly drones.
04 Jun, 2020, 04.35 PM IST
13 consortia get aviation ministry approval to operate dronesThe move paves the way for these consortia, which include ones floated by budget airline SpiceJet, Nandan Nilekani-backed ShopX, Google-bac...
07 May, 2020, 08.20 AM IST
Morgan Stanley overweight on Reliance Industries, target price Rs 1,753Reliance Industries in the past three years has made $3 billion of acquisitions, most recently in Asteria Aerospace, which provides drone t...
17 Dec, 2019, 08.33 AM IST
Reliance arm buys 51.78% stake in Asteria AerospaceThe investment will further enable the group's initiatives in emerging technology.
13 Dec, 2019, 08.56 PM IST
Make in India: Gujarat emerges among preferred destinations for defence manufacturingThe Modi-led NDA government has granted a record 22 licences to Gujarat since it assumed office in May 2014. The number is the same as that...
03 Dec, 2015, 10.54 AM IST