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As battleground tactics shift, startup Unmannd bets on autonomous drones

Company develops AI-powered platforms as recent conflicts expose vulnerabilities of traditional defence systems to drone swarms

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The Bengaluru-based company, founded earlier this year by former defence engineers Yeshwanth Reddy and Hemaditya Prasad, targets India's expanding $25 billion defence manufacturing sector, where unmanned systems have been designated a priority category.

Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru

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Recent global conflicts have exposed a critical vulnerability in modern warfare: swarms of low-cost drones can overwhelm sophisticated defence systems costing billions of dollars. To counter this disproportionate price-results imbalance, defence technology startup Unmannd - whose name reflects its core products - is building autonomous aerial platforms designed to counter such threats through AI-driven decision-making and multi-agent coordination.
 
The Bengaluru-based company, founded earlier this year by former defence engineers Yeshwanth Reddy and Hemaditya Prasad, targets India's expanding $25 billion defence manufacturing sector, where unmanned systems have been designated a priority category.
 
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