Partnership
Zuppa teams with 3D printer maker on mobile drone units
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Zuppa
- What it does
- Frontline drone factories
- Kind
- Partnership
- Based in
- Chennai
- Founded
- 2008
What they do
Zuppa partnered with industrial 3D printer maker Divide By Zero Technologies to build mobile drone fabrication units
What happened
These containerised units can print and assemble drones right at the frontline
Why it matters
The aim is on-site repair and mission-specific changes within hours, cutting reliance on distant factories
The details
- The partner is Divide By Zero Technologies (DBZ).
- The units are containerised and deployable.
- They can make, fix and customise drones in the field.
- Announced in November 2025.
About Zuppa
- Product
- Cyber-secure drones, autopilots, and autonomous navigation systems
- Customers
- The Indian Armed Forces, defense agencies, and commercial enterprises requiring secure unmanned systems
- How it makes money
- Designs, manufactures, and sells indigenous cyber-secure drones, autopilot hardware, and navigation software
- What sets it apart
- Offers entirely homegrown, cyber-secure autopilot and navigation systems that operate without Chinese parts and function in GPS-denied environments
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