Every drone that flies over a city is one motor failure from being a falling object. This startup is building a safety kit to combat such failures.
The Bengaluru-based Saubha Aerial Systems has developed an autonomous parachute trigger for drones, and has since tested a netgun for catching hostile ones.
Saubha Aerial Systems, a Bengaluru-based startup founded in January 2025 by Ksheeraj Krishna K V, Ruturaj Yellurkar, and Naijith Rai, is developing safety kits for commercial drones. The company's primary focus is on creating aerospace-grade emergency parachute recovery systems designed to mitigate the risks associated with drone motor failures.
When a drone loses a motor, it typically crashes to the ground, potentially endangering people, property, or other valuables below. Parachutes are the conventional solution, but the challenge lies in ensuring timely deployment. Saubha Aerial Systems' product features a fast-deploying canopy and a detection layer called Mayday, an onboard trigger that autonomously deploys the parachute in the event of a critical failure, without requiring human intervention.
This "Mayday" trigger is claimed to be India's first autonomous parachute deployment system for drones. Saubha Aerial Systems targets operators such as logistics companies, defense users, and high-altitude payload carriers. The startup's pitch centers on the financial and regulatory benefits of its system, as it can reduce insurance costs and facilitate permission to fly in sensitive areas where a crash would be unacceptable.
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