Policy
Zuppa picked for government drone incentive scheme
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Zuppa
- What it does
- Chennai drone maker
- Kind
- Policy
- Based in
- Chennai
- Founded
- 2008
What they do
The Civil Aviation Ministry named fourteen firms as provisional winners of its production-linked incentive scheme for drones and parts
What happened
Zuppa was on that list, which had five drone makers and nine component makers
Why it matters
The scheme pays companies extra support for manufacturing drones and drone components inside India
The details
- The Civil Aviation Ministry released a provisional list of fourteen beneficiaries on 20 April 2022.
- Five were drone makers and nine made drone components.
- Zuppa was among the names selected.
- The incentive rewards made-in-India drone production.
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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