The Drone Federation of India will also develop best practices and standard operating procedures and recommend them to the industry
Backed by Qualcomm and Infosys, the drone maker was founded by IIT Bombay alumni and co-established by former Blackstone executive Mathew Cyriac. ideaForge is backed by the likes of Qualcomm, Infosys and Florintree Capital Partners
Industry stakeholders raised the issue during a recent meeting with Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia
Founded in 2007, ideaForge has bagged repeat contracts from the Indian Army for its SWITCH UAVs. Its customers also include the Indian Navy, Air Force, State Police Forces, BSF, NSG, CRPF, Adani, L&T, Indian Oil, Survey of India, and Indian Railways.
"L&T and ideaForge...have entered (into) an MoU (memorandum of understanding) to offer drones and allied systems for defence use," the company said in a filing to the BSE.
One of the several technology innovations that was used extensively in the rescue operations at Uttarakhan came from an IIT Mumbai incubated startup, Young Turks from 2008 - ideaForge. It was called Netra - an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Founded by Ankit Mehta, Vipul Joshi, Rahul Singh and Amardeep SinghÂÂ, ideaForge has developed a product to assist defense and security forces in their activities by sending images or a real-time video of within a radius of 2.5 kilometers