Asteria Aerospace
{{Short description|Indian robotics company}}
Asteria Aerospace Limited (formerly Asteria Aerospace Private Limited) or simply Asteria is a robotics and artificial intelligence company that designs and manufactures drones.{{cite web|url=https://rilstaticasset.akamaized.net/sites/default/files/2023-08/Asteria%20Aerospace%20Limited.pdf
|title= Asteria Aerospace Limited; Financial Statements 2022-23
|work=Reliance Industries Limited}} Its headquarters are in Bengaluru, India.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/indias-drone-tech-sector-set-to-soar-in-coming-years-says-reliance-firm-asteria-aerospace/article68446150.ece/amp/?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17267446836791&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2Findias-drone-tech-sector-set-to-soar-in-coming-years-says-reliance-firm-asteria-aerospace%2Farticle68446150.ece
|title= India's drone tech sector set to soar in coming years, says Reliance firm Asteria Aerospace
|work= The Hindu
|date=25 July 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Asteria
| logo =
| type = Subsidiary
| industry = Robotics and Artificial intelligence
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| founded = {{Start date and age|2011}} in India
| founders = Nihar Vartak
Neel Mehta
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| hq_location_city = Bengaluru
| hq_location_country = India
| area_served = India
| key_people =
| products = SkyDeck
Asteria Mission Control
| owner = Reliance Industries Limited
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| parent = Jio Platforms
| website = {{URL|https://asteria.co.in/}}
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History
In June 2011, Neel Mehta and Nihar Vartak founded Asteria Aerospace with the idea of developing drones for defence applications.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/asteria-innovating-in-drones-with-ai-5g-cloud/amp_articleshow/99775851.cms?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17266613078401&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Findia-business%2Fasteria-innovating-in-drones-with-ai-5g-cloud%2Farticleshow%2F99775851.cms
|title= Asteria: Innovating in drones with AI, 5G, Cloud
|work= Times of India
|date=26 April 2023}} Later, Reliance Industries’ arm Jio Platforms acquired a majority stake of the company in December 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/amp/article/news-cm/ril-buys-controlling-stake-in-drone-startup-asteria-aerospace-119121400464_1.html?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17267271569125&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.business-standard.com%2Farticle%2Fnews-cm%2Fril-buys-controlling-stake-in-drone-startup-asteria-aerospace-119121400464_1.html
|title= RIL buys controlling stake in drone startup Asteria Aerospace
|work= Business Standard
|date=14 December 2019}}
It has built three Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) certified drones including A200, which received the India's first micro category drone certification in October, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/this-company-wins-indias-first-micro-category-drone-certification-3408582/amp/1?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17267367849937&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findia-news%2Fthis-company-wins-indias-first-micro-category-drone-certification-3408582
|title= This Company Wins India's First Micro Category Drone Certification
|work= NDTV
|title= Asteria Aerospace receives India's first micro category drone certification from DGCA
|work= The Economic Times
|date=6 October 2022}} The other two drones are A200-XT and A410-XT.{{cite news|url=https://m.economictimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/asteria-aerospace-receives-dgca-type-certification-for-its-a200-xt-drone/articleshow/97036556.cms
|title= Asteria Aerospace receives DGCA type certification for its A200-XT drone
|work= The Economic Times
|date=16 January 2023}}
Technologies
In March 2022, Asteria launched SkyDeck, a cloud-based drone operations platform that has a unified dashboard and offers services for drone fleet management which include flight planning and execution, data processing, visualization, and AI-based analysis of aerial data collected using drones.{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/technology/asteria-aerospace-launches-drone-software-platform-skydeck-1094276.html#:~:text=Bengaluru%2Dbased%20Asteria%20Aerospace%20has%20introduced%20SkyDeck%2C%20an%20end%2Dto%2Dend%20cloud%2Dbased%20drone%20operations%20platform.%20ADVERTISEMENT.
|title=Asteria Aerospace launches drone software platform SkyDeck
|work= Deccan Herald
|title= एस्टेरिया एयरोस्पेस का स्काईडेक प्लटेफॉर्म लॉन्च:क्लाउड-बेस्ड प्लेटफॉर्म कृषि, सर्वेक्षण, औद्योगिक निरीक्षण को सॉल्युशन्स देगा; AI से डेटा के विशलेषण होगा
|work= Dainik Bhaskar
|title= Jio के Asteria Aerospace ने लॉन्च किया एंड-टू-एंड ड्रोन ऑपरेशन, जानिए कैसे करेगा काम
|work= Aaj Tak |lang=hi
|date=24 March 2022}}
This platform was showcased in the Drone Festival of India 2022, where the Prime Minister Narendra Modi examined the platform by flying one of SkyDesk integrated drones. It provides services to multiple industries such as GIS, construction, oil & gas, and agriculture.{{cite web|url=https://pragativadi.com/asteria-aerospace-showcases-next-gen-drones-and-skydeck-platform-in-the-drone-festival-of-india-2022
|title= Asteria Aerospace showcases next-gen drones and SkyDeck platform in the Drone Festival of India 2022
|work= Pragativadi
|title= Asteria Aerospace's cloud platform to enhance drone data management
|work= Business Line
|title= India gambles on building a leading drone industry
|work= BBC
|date=4 November 2022}}
Services
Asteria designs and manufactures multiple drone platforms ranging from 2 to 25 kg by using its hardware, software, analytics, and drone operations to provide Drone-as-a-Service (DaaS) ministrations to various fields such as surveillance & security, land surveys, and inspection of assets like pipelines, powerlines, and telecom towers.{{cite web|url=https://asteria.co.in/drone-as-a-service
|title= Drone-as-a-Service
|work= Asteria Aerospace }}{{cite web|url=https://indiatimes.com/business/india-business/asteria-innovating-in-drones-with-ai-5g-cloud/articleshow/99775851.cms
|title= Asteria: Innovating in drones with AI, 5G, Cloud
|work= India Times
|date=26 April 2023}}