Infosys has extended its support to a drone startup, ideaForge Technology. with this, the startup has received an order from NTPC to deliver two highly sensitive unmanned aerial vehicles along with some special features like high-end programmatic sensors, Thermal Imaging Sensor and LiDAR Sensor. The devices will be soon delivered to NTPC’s research and development center. NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance is a place from where they control the operation and manage the whole center. They have also launched a public tender for the similar purpose, last year.
Ankit Mehta, CEO of ideaForge commented that “These are very interesting times for the industry and the market is heating up in terms of opportunities in exploring commercial applications for UAVs. PSUs are taking the lead in this direction”. He also mentioned that the company is in talks with other public sector units as well for orders, but declined to disclose the names of the PSUs. IdeaForge is a next generation drone systems maker that build advanced UAVs for defense sector applications.
This development is a major breakthrough in the commercial applications of UAVs such as in the energy sector or agriculture, which is still constrained by regulatory hurdles.