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We design and build India’s own drones
Founded in Pune in 2023, we’re a small engineering team building UAV platforms for defence and industry — airframe, flight software and ground control, all done in-house.
An engineering company, not a trading one
A lot of “Made in India” in this industry means importing an airframe and bolting on a local nameplate. We do the opposite — our frames are designed here, our flight-controller firmware is written here, and when something breaks in the field, the person who built it is usually the one who fixes it. It’s slower than importing. It’s also the only way to actually own the technology instead of renting someone else’s.
Mission, vision and philosophy
Our Mission
To design, build and support reliable UAV and embedded systems that meet our customers’ operational needs.
Our Vision
To be a trusted Indian developer of unmanned and autonomous systems for defence and industry.
Our Philosophy
“Decouvertes” is French for discovery, which is close to what most days here look like — try something, watch it fail in a new way, fix it before the next flight.
Why DECOUVERTES?
The things that actually make working with us different day to day.
Indigenous R&D
Every design decision is made for Indian terrain, heat and infrastructure — not adapted from a spec written for somewhere else.
Engineering-First
The people who assemble a platform are the same people who designed it, so a fix doesn’t wait on a subcontractor.
Industrial-Grade
Built to survive dust, heat and a rough landing, because that’s the environment they actually fly in.
Long-Term Ownership
We hold the design files, the firmware and the source code, so support doesn’t stop the day the warranty does.
Made in India
Every component that can reasonably be sourced or made in India, is. What can’t be yet, we’re working to change.
Quality Assurance
Every platform gets flown and pushed past its rated limits in testing before it ships to anyone.
Registered & certified
Formal recognition from the relevant Indian authorities — verifiable, not just claimed.
Startup India — DPIIT
Recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Government of India, under the Aerospace, Aeronautics & Defence Equipment sector. View certificate →MSME Registered
Registered as a Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise under the Ministry of MSME, Government of India.GST Registered
Registered for Goods & Services Tax, compliant with Indian indirect-tax regulations.ISO 9001:2015 Compliant
Engineering and manufacturing processes aligned with the international quality-management standard.Make in India
Every platform is designed, engineered and manufactured in India — contributing to national self-reliance in defence technology.Our company profile, 20 pages
The full picture: the Vision platforms and their specifications, the software suite, the shell dropping system, our team and how to work with us.
Technology stack
Advanced tools and indigenous expertise across the full UAV development cycle — airframe to autopilot.
CAD/CAM
Every airframe and mechanism is modelled and toleranced in CAD before a single part is cut — from carbon-composite arms to precision-machined mounts — so what we design is what we build.
FEA & Simulation
We simulate structural loads, vibration and thermal behaviour on screen, catching failure points before first flight rather than on the test range.
Rapid Prototyping
In-house 3D printing and CNC let us iterate an airframe revision in days, not weeks — critical while a platform is still being field-tuned.
Payload Integration
Our modular payload bay has carried EO/IR gimbals, LiDAR scanners, multispectral cameras and comms relays — swapped in the field without re-engineering the airframe.
Drone Systems
Flight-controller firmware, navigation and ground-control software are written in-house, giving us full control over performance, security and future upgrades.
Engineering approach
Five stages, same team end to end — nobody hands this off halfway through.
Analysis
Figure out what’s actually needed, and whether it’s feasible within budget and timeline.
Design
Model it in CAD and simulate loads and airflow before anything is machined.
Prototyping
Print or machine a prototype, then fly it and see what the simulation missed.
Validation
Push it past its rated limits on the bench and in the field.
Delivery
Build the production run and get it into the customer’s hands.
From concept to reality
What’s actually happened so far, year by year.
Inception
Company founded in Pune. A small engineering team forms and starts building the first airframe from scratch.
Realization
The in-house airframe, flight controller, encrypted data link and ground-control software all reach flight-ready together.
Expansion
New prototypes move from the workshop into field trials, and the product line grows beyond the first platform.
Leadership
Our leadership team combines decades of experience with a passion for indigenous innovation.
Where we’re headed
- More platforms in the Vision series, with longer endurance and heavier payloads
- Drone systems built to the specifications defence and government buyers actually ask for
- Filing patents on the designs that are genuinely ours
- Bringing more of the manufacturing process in-house, beyond final assembly
A drone is just the end product
The airframe, the autopilot, the ground software, and the people who can fix any of it before a demo — that’s what we’re actually building.