Tata Steel chooses startup AUS for drone-based solutions across verticals

AUS will use drones to survey Tata Steel mining sites, verify bulk inventory at all 23 locations across multiple Tata Steel entities, monitor progress at Kalinganagar complex

Drone solution start-up Aarav Unmanned Systems (AUS) has been awarded multiple long-term contracts from various business verticals of Tata Steel to provide advanced drone-based enterprise solutions.

AUS will deploy drones to survey the mining locations of the company and deliver advanced mine analysis every month. In another contract awarded by the Tata Steel corporate audit division, AUS will carry out a drone survey for physical verification of bulk inventory at all the 23 locations across multiple Tata Steel entities for two years.

The third contract is with the expansions and projects team, AUS’s drone solution is being deployed to monitor the progress of construction in the Tata Steel Kalinganagar steel complex, which will be India’s largest integrated steel complex upon completion. Tata Steel has also awarded a contract to procure three survey grade drones from AUS for their internal surveys.

"The drone based digital survey and monitoring will bring in greater visibility and efficiency in mine management, land management as well as infrastructure management," Piyush Srivastava, chief-natural resource division at TATA Steel was quoted as saying.

AUS’s drones are expected to help Tata Steel operate their mines more effectively and enhance productivity, besides ensuring higher regulatory fulfillment and safety.

AUS & Tata Steel acquired exemptions for drone operations from the Ministry of Civil Aviation for One year across all the 23 mines, plant, and raw material locations. DGCA has approved AUS’s SOP for One year to operate drones at Tata Steel entities. This will ensure that all the operations for Tata Steel will be carried out with 100 percent regulatory compliance, said AUS in its release today.