Asteria Aerospace, a drone manufacturer and solution provider in India, has launched its drone operations platform SkyDeck, a Jio Platforms subsidiary. According to a press announcement, SkyDeck is a cloud-based software platform that provides a Drone-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution for a variety of industry verticals, including agriculture, surveying, industrial inspections, and surveillance and security.
SkyDeck offers a unified dashboard and services for drone fleet administration, drone flight scheduling and execution, data processing, visualisation, and AI-based analysis of aerial data gathered by drones.
The SkyDeck platform, according to the release, promotes operational transparency, increases stakeholder collaboration, and enables safe and centralised management for growing drone programmes across different applications.
According to Neel Mehta, cofounder and director of Asteria Aerospace, the government’s recent liberalisation of drone rules and promotion of DaaS has increased demand for drones across industries.
“With the launch of SkyDeck, we are addressing the need of the hour with integrated drone hardware, software, and operations solution. SkyDeck simplifies the use of drones to generate aerial data and turns that digital data into business insights to power drone applications at scale,” Mehta added.
For the agriculture sector, SkyDeck provides data and insights that can be used to accurately measure crop traits, assess crop health and optimise Agri inputs.
SkyDeck employs drone-based airborne data to conduct accurate site surveys for monitoring progress and maintaining inventory records in the building and mining industries.
SkyDeck uses drones to digitise and inspect assets for preventive maintenance, spotting dangers, and monitoring changes in critical infrastructure sectors such as oil and gas, communications, and power and utilities.
SkyDeck can also help in the successful implementation of fleets of drones in various government programmes and initiatives.
Asteria Aerospace Ltd is a subsidiary of Jio Platforms, which is a majority-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd.
