Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping drones and uavs in India. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
96 of 451 tracked companies have open roles.
109 of 451 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 311 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 46.2% of disclosed capital, while 75.8% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $3.43M | 16 | 2 |
| 2017 | $9.79M | 26 | 4 |
| 2018 | $9.92M | 55 | 14 |
| 2019 | $6.2M | 36 | 15 |
| 2020 | $16.04M | 44 | 16 |
| 2021 | $38.57M | 51 | 31 |
| 2022 | $81M | 54 | 36 |
| 2023 | $124.75M | 58 | 47 |
| 2024 | $290.03M | 32 | 52 |
| 2025 | $188.72M | 18 | 33 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
355 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in drones and uavs company rounds since 2016.
Backed by Anrf.
Backed by Naandi Ventures and Skyroot and others.
Backed by Finvolve and India Accelerator.
Backed by India Accelerator and Finvolve.
Backed by Indian Angel Network and AVNM Ventures and others.
Backed by Antler and growX ventures and others.
Backed by General Catalyst and Think Investments and others.
Backed by 360 One and Volrado Venture Partners and others.
Backed by Mumbai Angels and Asquare Investing and others.
Backed by Skegen.
Backed by Think Investments and Dovetail Capital and others.
Backed by Pavestone Capital and QRG Investments and Holdings and others.
Backed by Florintree and BlackSoil and others.
Backed by Sphiticap and Ocgrow Group of Companies and others.
Backed by Ascent Capital and Evolute Ventures and others.
Backed by Amal N Parikh and Think Investments and others.
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.
FY2025 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 196 reporting entities from 256 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not India market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
92 of 196 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
FY2025 · 196 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zen Technologies ↗L72200TG1993PLC015939 | ₹930.7 crore | ₹263.0 crore | +28.3% | — | ₹1,882.3 crore |
| ERIC Robotics ↗U01112PN1998PTC013165 | ₹235.6 crore | ₹7.2 crore | +3.0% | — | ₹159.7 crore |
| Garuda Aerospace ↗U74900TN2015PLC102474 | ₹117.7 crore | ₹17.3 crore | +14.7% | — | ₹211.3 crore |
| Sagar Defence Engineering ↗U29253MH2015PTC264539 | ₹103.9 crore | ₹33.3 crore | +32.1% | — | ₹343.7 crore |
| IIO Technologies ↗U72900KA2016PTC098302 | ₹94.4 crore | ₹2.2 crore | +2.3% | — | ₹47.3 crore |
| IoTechWorld ↗U74999HR2017PTC068600 | ₹58.9 crore | ₹7.8 crore | +13.3% | — | ₹107.5 crore |
| Skylark Drones ↗U29253KA2015PTC183331 | ₹26.3 crore | ₹-1.1 crore | -4.2% | — | ₹21.1 crore |
| Techeagle ↗U72900UP2017PTC089500 | ₹1.4 crore | ₹-3.5 crore | -255.5% | — | ₹7.4 crore |
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| Industry | Covered / eligible | Revenue total | Median revenue | Net profit / loss | Aggregate margin | Profitable share | Overlap |
|---|
Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.
Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.
The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.
Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.
How the India companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
21 of these companies (4.7%) publish at least one Android app — 30 apps in all, carrying 230K installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pluto ControllerDrona Aviation | 132.3K | 3.7 | Education |
| IZI GOIZI | 26.4K | — | Photography |
| TropoGo- Drone Jobs & MapsTropoGo | 20.7K | — | Tools |
| IDRL1 Martian Way | 12.1K | — | Sports |
| AeroGCS GREENAeroMegh | 10.3K | — | Tools |
| Not FlyNOT Drones | 8.1K | — | Entertainment |
| Kalam LabsKalam Labs | 4.2K | — | Education |
| Nabhyan - A NOT Drone ProductNOT Drones | 3K | — | Tools |
| AgrinetIoTechWorld | 2.3K | — | Business |
| Skye WalkersSkye Air | 1.9K | — | Business |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q1–2026Q2).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drones | 30 | 230K | Pluto Controller 132.3K | |
| Consumer Electronics E-Commerce | 5 | 162.5K | IZI GO 26.4K | |
| Auto E-Commerce & Content | 3 | 29.3K | IZI DRIVE CAM 1.5K | |
| Crop Tech | 7 | 3.7K | Agrinet 2.3K | |
| Logistics Tech | 3 | 2K | Skye Walkers 1.9K | |
| Military Tech | 3 | 215 | FLYGHT 178 |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
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The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
94 companies hiring · $784.36M disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Deals in 2026 so far include $28 million funding for Unbox Robotics, apart from investments in robotics hardware startup Armatrix as well as robotics inspection and maintenance company Octobotics, which raised $1.13 million.
Dronetech start-up Garuda Aerospace has pre-filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India, moving a step closer to an initial public offering, according to Inc42.
Skye Air Mobility closed the first tranche of its series B, raising US$9 million to expand its drone delivery network and technology across the country.
Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal is in advanced discussions to invest about $1 million (around Rs 9 crore) in space technology startup Kalam Labs, according to people familiar with the developments who spoke to Moneycontrol. The proposed investment will form part of a larger $5–7 million funding round, where other investors including Globaz Technologies are also expected to participate, sources said.
AWE Funds and Unicorn India Ventures co-invested in the pre-Series A funding round for the marine robotics startup EyeROV, raising a total of Rs 13 crore ($1.44 million).
NewSpace Research and Technologies, which develops kamikaze drones, is expected to raise a $50 million round.
Recently Reliance has acquired 51.78% stake in drone maker Asteria Aerospace for $3.3 million.
In a significant milestone for India’s deep-tech and robotics ecosystem, Planys Technologies has raised ₹100 crore in a fresh primary funding round to propel its next era of expansion.
General Aeronautics 2022 50
Odisha-based deep-tech startup Coratia Technologies has raised INR 5 crores (approx. USD 563,000) in an investment round from Piper Serica Angel Fund.
Top 10 categories among 236 recorded events in the 24-month window.
4 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · SEBI6 reports
IPO · BSE SME3 reports
IPO2 reports
Follow-on Offering1 reports
2 tracked people moves
Appointment Chief Technology Officer
Resignation Previously Chief Financial Officer
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
R&D hub
Drone delivery service
Drone logistics and delivery
End-to-end autonomous inventory management solution
21 recorded customer wins
Customer: ministry of defenceDefense
Customer: Rajasthan Electronics & InstrumentsDrone Training / Aerospace
Customer: Godrej GroupIndustrial
Customer: ministry of defenceDefence
Customer: mod
Customer: Defence Ministry
6 recorded events
granted licence for arms manufacturingGovernment of India
approved export license
export license granted
cautionary email receivedBSE Limited
1 tracked suits
share subscription and shareholders’ agreement complianceCivil ·
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 48 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| reliance industries→Asteria Aerospace ↗ | Completed | 2025-12-30 | $3.3M |
| adani defence & aerospace→General Aeronautics ↗ | Completed | 2025-11-28 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Zen Technologies→Anawave Systems & Solutions Private Limited (ASSPL) | Announced | 2025-11-05 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Zen Technologies→TISA Aerospace | Completed | 2025-06-24 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Zen Technologies→Bhairav Robotics | Completed | 2025-03-19 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Zen Technologies→Applied Research International (ARIPL) | Announced | 2025-02-17 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
189 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 223-posting snapshot covers 41 employers.
1 tracked postings mention remote work.
104 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 223 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| ideaForge ↗ | 492 |
| Newspace Research and Technologies ↗ | 428 |
| Raphe ↗ | 394 |
| Zen Technologies ↗ | 356 |
| Skye Air ↗ | 159 |
| General Aeronautics ↗ | 156 |
| IoTechWorld ↗ | 140 |
| Garuda Aerospace ↗ | 105 |
501 founders and chief executives across 309 companies.
Raphe Mphibr, ex-Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, ex-Idaho National Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
Zen Technologies, University of Hyderabad, 1986
Ex-Mcleod Russel India, Threye Interactive, Axiom Research Labs · National Defence Academy BS 1994
Unreasonable, ex-ZS Associates. IIT Bombay BTech, MTech 2005
Ex-E7ham Arivu TV Show · Anna University BE 2013, Queens University of Charlotte MBA 2014, Harvard University PLD 2018
Whitespace Alpha, ex-Accendere Knowledge Management Services, Hindustan Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser. SRM University BTech 2007, IIM Lucknow MBA 2009
Ex-HackerRank · Dyal Singh Public School, karnal 2011
Co-Founder Plenome, Elsevier, XYMA Analytics, Solinas Integrity. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras MTech 2003, Imperial College London PhD 2007
Ex-University Of Maryland MS 2005, PhD 2010, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2002
IIT Delhi BTech 2014
Christ University, Bangalore BBA, Cardiff University MBA 2009
Ex-Alternative Global, Co-Founder RE-Rise, Mahindra & Mahindra. Kiit University BTech 2012
87 profiles with education records.
7 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
1,396,825 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Drones and UAVs coverage across India · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 199,509 |
| 2021Q3 | 211,442 |
| 2021Q4 | 183,354 |
| 2022Q1 | 216,275 |
| 2022Q2 | 229,489 |
| 2022Q3 | 262,393 |
| 2022Q4 | 270,058 |
| 2023Q1 | 305,703 |
| 2023Q2 | 273,720 |
| 2023Q3 | 297,157 |
| 2023Q4 | 267,245 |
| 2024Q1 | 289,479 |
| 2024Q2 | 293,236 |
| 2024Q3 | 321,315 |
| 2024Q4 | 335,053 |
| 2025Q1 | 383,766 |
| 2025Q2 | 325,899 |
| 2025Q3 | 440,596 |
| 2025Q4 | 272,900 |
| 2026Q1 | 364,963 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
673 recorded company events across 29 companies; percentages use that event total.
Drones and UAVs coverage across India · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Drones and UAVs coverage across India
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| tariff negotiations | 11,618 | 5,679 | 105% |
| bilateral trade | 4,610 | 2,437 | 89% |
| trade dispute mechanisms | 4,511 | 2,203 | 105% |
| trade barrier reduction | 4,496 | 2,440 | 84% |
| trade facilitation commitments | 4,327 | 2,201 | 97% |
| countries | 4,193 | 1,860 | 125% |
| free trade deals | 4,078 | 2,429 | 68% |
| multilateral diplomacy | 3,917 | 2,723 | 44% |
| diplomatic strategies | 3,814 | 2,351 | 62% |
| bilateral trade imbalance | 3,281 | 2,044 | 61% |
| odi cricket | 6,041 | 9,661 | -37% |
| limited overs cricket | 5,779 | 9,310 | -38% |
| odi tactics | 5,633 | 8,747 | -36% |
| odi series | 5,261 | 8,325 | -37% |
| odi rankings | 5,012 | 8,068 | -38% |
Drones and UAVs coverage across India
territories, disputed islands, test cricket
43.4% critical · 27.5% positivepre-ipo valuation, ipo prospectus, ipo pricing
48.9% critical · 46.9% positivegdp growth rate, economic output growth, economic growth statistics
46.9% critical · 50.8% positiveDrones and UAVs coverage across India. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
3,007 papers in the recorded india scope.
Tone counts: 2,815 positive · 67 neutral · 125 negative.
Landmark: Review on Application of Drone Systems in Precision Agriculture
Landmark: Security Vulnerabilities of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Countermeasures: An Experimental Study
Landmark: Survey on Collaborative Smart Drones and Internet of Things for Improving Smartness of Smart Cities
Common problems researchers identify · 0124.6% of this theme group
Researchers highlight difficulties in designing and integrating UAV systems for aeronautical and aerospace applications.
Drone (67) · Systems engineering (6) · Aeronautics (10) · Aerospace engineering (3)
A review on object detection in unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance
Review: Drone applications in Transmission Line
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1606.4 |
| 2023 | 1656.7 |
| 2024 | 1889.7 |
| 2025 | 1099.3 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0220.8% of this theme group
Papers flag vulnerabilities in drone communications and data handling within IoT and smart‑city contexts.
Computer security (42) · Drone (59) · Internet privacy (9) · Internet of Things (12)
Security and Privacy for the Internet of Drones: Challenges and Solutions
Strengthening Security, Privacy, and Trust in Artificial Intelligence Drones for Smart Cities
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1284.8 |
| 2023 | 1286.4 |
| 2024 | 1334.8 |
| 2025 | 1195.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0319.7% of this theme group
Studies point to cloud‑based attacks, cyber‑warfare, and blockchain integration issues affecting UAV operations.
Safeguarding (4) · Cloud computing (5) · Cyberwarfare (3) · Transformative learning (4)
A comprehensive study on cybersecurity challenges and opportunities in the <scp>IoT</scp> world
The Role of Blockchain in Internet of Vehicles (IoV): Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 299.5 |
| 2023 | 276.1 |
| 2024 | 210.7 |
| 2025 | 229.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0418.0% of this theme group
Authors discuss logistical, regulatory, and supply‑chain obstacles to deploying delivery drones for medical services.
Drone (50) · Health care (9) · Supply chain (7) · Order (5)
Evaluating Barriers to the Adoption of Delivery Drones in Rural Healthcare Supply Chains: Preparing the Healthcare System for the Future
Drone a technological leap in health care delivery in distant and remote inaccessible areas: A narrative review
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 96.1 |
| 2023 | 99.7 |
| 2024 | 101.7 |
| 2025 | 120.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0514.1% of this theme group
Research identifies technical and adoption constraints that reduce the effectiveness of UAVs in farming.
Agriculture (29) · Drone (33) · Precision agriculture (4) · Productivity (3)
Review on Application of Drone Systems in Precision Agriculture
Application of Drone in Agriculture
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 152.4 |
| 2023 | 174.5 |
| 2024 | 178.7 |
| 2025 | 194.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 062.8% of this theme group
Works examine how drones are being considered for disease detection and containment during health crises.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (8) · Pandemic (7) · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (2) · Isolation (2)
Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 without human intervention to combat COVID-19 using drone technology
Preventing COVID-19 Spread Using Information and Communication Technology
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 35.6 |
| 2023 | 20.5 |
| 2024 | 11.1 |
| 2025 | 4.1 |
Cautions · 0129.4% of this theme group
Authors urge caution over insecure software deployments and IoT integration that expose drones to attacks.
Drone (13) · Internet of Things (3) · Computer security (4) · Software deployment (4)
Security Vulnerabilities of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Countermeasures: An Experimental Study
Application of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1381.6 |
| 2023 | 1383.3 |
| 2024 | 1395.6 |
| 2025 | 1355.0 |
Cautions · 0229.4% of this theme group
Studies caution about power consumption and environmental impact when using UAVs for precision farming.
Agriculture (5) · Drone (13) · Precision agriculture (2) · Energy (2)
Drone Technology in Agricultural Practices: A SWOC Analysis
Application of Drones in Precision Agriculture: A Review on Benefits and Challenges
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 128.9 |
| 2023 | 150.5 |
| 2024 | 157.1 |
| 2025 | 163.4 |
Cautions · 0321.6% of this theme group
Papers stress the need for robust safety protocols when deploying UAVs in disaster zones and construction sites.
Natural disaster (2) · Drone (5) · Software deployment (2)
Using unmanned aerial vehicles and robotics in hazardous locations safely
Exploring the effect of human-drone communication modality on safety and balance control in virtual construction environments
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 159.2 |
| 2023 | 153.6 |
| 2024 | 93.1 |
| 2025 | 204.3 |
Cautions · 0419.6% of this theme group
Research highlights risks to wildlife tracking accuracy and broader aeronautical safety linked to drone use.
Drone (10) · Computer security (2) · Aeronautics (2)
Estimating Wildlife Tag Location Errors from a VHF Receiver Mounted on a Drone
Problems and Prospects of Flying Rotor Drones Particularly Quadcopters
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 883.3 |
| 2023 | 897.9 |
| 2024 | 923.9 |
| 2025 | 514.3 |
Opportunities · 0125.3% of this theme group
Works explore autonomous drones for rapid medical delivery and emergency management in remote areas.
Drone (504) · Aeronautics (66) · Medical emergency (12) · Quadcopter (34)
Location-Aware Network of Drones for Consumer Applications: Supporting Efficient Management Between Multiple Drones
Developing a Prototype for Autonomous Drones
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 199.5 |
| 2023 | 214.1 |
| 2024 | 328.8 |
| 2025 | 222.9 |
Opportunities · 0218.0% of this theme group
Studies showcase UAV capabilities for real‑time detection, tracking, and monitoring across diverse applications.
Drone (364) · Remote sensing (33) · Object detection (37) · Tracking (21)
Real-time weapon detection using Drone
Crash Detection and Real Time Location Tracking System for Radio Controlled Aircrafts and Drones
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1822.7 |
| 2023 | 1905.8 |
| 2024 | 2144.3 |
| 2025 | 1450.6 |
Opportunities · 0312.7% of this theme group
Research highlights how UAVs can enable efficient, precision agriculture and reduce resource use.
Agriculture (129) · Precision agriculture (94) · Drone (230) · Agricultural engineering (28)
Transforming Agriculture: Harnessing Robotics and Drones for Sustainable Farming Solution
MODERN AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS: ENHANCING PRECISION FARMING THROUGH ADVANCED AERIAL TECHNIQUES
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 134.6 |
| 2023 | 156.1 |
| 2024 | 166.8 |
| 2025 | 167.0 |
Opportunities · 0412.2% of this theme group
Papers present innovations in trajectory planning, autonomous landing, and on‑board computing for quadcopters.
Drone (175) · Trajectory (21) · Real-time computing (27) · Quadcopter (24)
Autonomous Precision Landing with UAV and Auto charging
Hardware-Based Implementation of Target Tracking in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 803.2 |
| 2023 | 750.4 |
| 2024 | 395.2 |
| 2025 | 324.2 |
Opportunities · 0512.1% of this theme group
Works describe scalable, connected drone platforms for continuous monitoring and smart‑city security.
Robot (43) · Scalability (42) · Internet of Things (36) · Wearable computer (11)
IntelliGuard: IoT-Enabled Autonomous Spybot Intelligence for Real-Time Surveillance in Next-Generation Security Applications
Towards Sustainable Urban Mobility: A Smart Traffic System Integrating IoT and Machine Learning
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2123.4 |
| 2023 | 2155.5 |
| 2024 | 2273.9 |
| 2025 | 2414.5 |
Opportunities · 0611.2% of this theme group
Studies develop convolutional networks to improve UAV visual perception and classification accuracy.
Convolutional neural network (88) · Drone (188) · Object detection (45) · Feature extraction (17)
Drone Detection and Classification using Deep Learning
A Deep Learning Approach to Classify Drones and Birds
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 312.3 |
| 2023 | 309.1 |
| 2024 | 185.2 |
| 2025 | 230.2 |
Opportunities · 078.5% of this theme group
Research proposes secure, decentralized methods to protect UAV communications and data integrity.
Computer security (109) · Blockchain (45) · Authentication (39) · Drone (166)
Securing Internet of Drones Networks Using AI-Envisioned Smart-Contract-Based Blockchain
Physically secure and privacy‐preserving blockchain enabled authentication scheme for internet of drones
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 752.2 |
| 2023 | 749.9 |
| 2024 | 656.3 |
| 2025 | 361.9 |
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Promising | 39.3% | 37.4% |
| Breakthrough | 33.8% | 26.0% |
| Descriptive | 10.8% | 17.6% |
| Problem-identifying | 10.2% | 9.9% |
| Comparative | 3.6% | 3.8% |
| Cautionary | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Critical | 0.4% | 1.0% |
Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.
| Concern / example paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy & surveillanceSecurity and Privacy for the Internet of Drones: Challenges and Solutions | 216 | 7.7% | 35 (16.2%) | 3.24% |
| Safety & misuseAI-Driven Cyber Offences: A Rising Menace in India | 5 | 0.18% | 1 (20.0%) | 0.2% |
| Energy & datacenter footprintDecentralized Machine Learning based Energy Efficient Routing and Intrusion Detection in Unmanned Aerial Network (UAV) | 4 | 0.14% | 1 (25.0%) | 0.07% |
| Carbon & emissions of computeEcoDisasterLocNet: a sustainable AI framework for environmentally conscious classification and localization of natural d | 2 | 0.07% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.01% |
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chainTextile Waste–Based Eco‐Friendly Composite Materials for Drone Frame Applications: A Review | 1 | 0.04% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.01% |
| Labour & data workLost in the Perilous Boulevards of Gig Economy: Making of Human Drones | 1 | 0.04% | 1 (100.0%) | 0.01% |
| Bias & fairnessSub-pixel Discrimination of Soil and Crop in Drone-based Hyperspectral Imagery | 1 | 0.04% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.08% |
| Concentration of compute powerA Light and Compact Circular Polarized Antenna for First-Person-View (FPV) Drones | 1 | 0.04% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.03% |
| Water use | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: India. This may be broader than the company geography.
Published patent filings in the recorded source window.
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
33.3% across the displayed hubs
20 companies hiring · $154.1M disclosed funding
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14.7% across the displayed hubs
7 companies hiring · $20.6M disclosed funding
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14.0% across the displayed hubs
11 companies hiring · $139.3M disclosed funding
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12.5% across the displayed hubs
10 companies hiring · $118.1M disclosed funding
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7.2% across the displayed hubs
5 companies hiring · $187.3M disclosed funding
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6.8% across the displayed hubs
7 companies hiring · $2.7M disclosed funding
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5.7% across the displayed hubs
3 companies hiring · $33.2M disclosed funding
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5.7% across the displayed hubs
7 companies hiring · $35.8M disclosed funding
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No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
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Company ecosystem snapshot: 2 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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