2025.11.15
aerpace Signs MOU with Andhra Pradesh Government to Join India’s First Drone City Initiative in Kurnool
India is entering one of the most transformative chapters in its technological journey.
With the announcement of India’s First Drone City in Kurnool, Government of Andhra Pradesh has set in motion a future-shaping initiative that places the nation firmly on the global map of unmanned systems, aerospace engineering, clean energy and advanced mobility innovation. This is not just another industrial zone.
It is a visionary leap, a purpose-built ecosystem designed to nurture research, manufacturing, testing, training, and next-generation technological breakthroughs under one unified framework.
A Vision Born from Leadership: Chandrababu Naidu’s Blueprint for the Future
As Commerce and Industry Minister of India Piyush Goyal highlighted while unveiling the Drone City vision, India’s technological revolutions have often begun where bold leadership meets transformative opportunity.
But only few leaders in India have pushed the boundaries of technology-driven development as consistently as Hon. N. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.
His vision for Kurnool Drone City reflects the same forward-thinking spirit that once turned Hyderabad and Amaravati into global discussion points.
For years, he has championed the belief that technology isn’t optional for India’s progress, it is foundational.
Drone City is a culmination of belief.
Under his leadership, the idea evolved from a concept into a structured mission:
- a dedicated ecosystem for drones and next-gen mobility,
- an integrated space for defence and industrial technologies,
- a hub for AI, autonomy, and advanced manufacturing,
- a platform that enables India not just to adopt future technologies, but to create them.
His vision is clear:
India must not just use future technologies; India must build them.
Drone City stands as testament to that philosophy, and a signal to the world that Andhra Pradesh is preparing to lead the next revolution in unmanned systems.
Where Vision Meets Capability: aerpace Joins the Story
In this defining moment for India, aerpace aligns naturally with the mission of Drone City.
Our ecosystem of Defence drones, Heavy-lift mobility platforms, Intelligent energy solutions, and Indigenous operating systems is built on the same foundation that Drone City embodies, sovereign technology, scaled innovation, and national capability-building.
But aerpace brings something more: a unified philosophy of designing systems that save time, restore efficiency, and deliver opportunity to people and industries that have long been underserved by traditional mobility.
Since early this year, aerpace has been in continuous dialogue with the Andhra Pradesh Government. Through multiple rounds of technical reviews, demonstrations, and presentations, one thing became clear:
Drone City needs builders, not just participants; they want companies that are capable of shaping the future.
And aerpace is engineered precisely for that.
The Milestone: MoU Signed with the Government of Andhra Pradesh
Today, this shared vision takes formal shape.
aerpace has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board—marking our official participation in the creation of India’s first Drone City.
This milestone opens the door to:
- A state-of-the-art drone manufacturing and testing campus
- Deep integration into Andhra Pradesh’s innovation and infrastructure blueprint
- Long-term development of defence, logistics, and mobility systems
- A unified hub for R&D, AI integration, training, and ecosystem-wide capability growth
The MoU signifies intent, alignment, and confidence—confidence in the State’s mission, and confidence in aerpace’s ability to deliver future-ready technology at scale at national scale.
The Beginning of a Defining Chapter
Drone City is more than a development project.
It is the beginning of a new national capability, one that allows India to innovate, manufacture, test, deploy, and scale drones and aerospace technologies within its own ecosystem.
With Hon. N. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s transformative vision, the Government’s structured support, and aerpace’s technological foundation, Kurnool is set to become the epicenter of India’s unmanned future.
Drone City represents what happens when leadership and execution align: a space where imagination turns into industry, where ideas turn into prototypes, and where prototypes turn into national assets.
We look forward to contributing meaningfully to this landmark initiative and to sharing the progress of this journey as it unfolds.
India’s Drone City has begun. And with it, a new era of innovation.
Rewriting Time for Cities: What This MoU Really Means
The MoU with the Government of Andhra Pradesh is more than a document, it’s a commitment to redesign how time moves through a city. By enabling Drone City infrastructure, aerpace is building a system where distance stops being a barrier and speed stops being a privilege.
Drone City isn’t just about drones in the sky; it’s about giving people back the minutes, the chances that everyday inefficiencies quietly steal. It’s about engineering reliability into the places where lives and livelihoods depend on it.
With this partnership, Andhra Pradesh becomes one of the first regions in India to embrace a future where cities don’t just grow, they evolve.
Where technology doesn’t overwhelm people, but it Maketime for them. Where progress isn’t measured by how fast machines move, but by how much time it returns to the people who keep the city alive.
This is aerpace’s vision in motion
Where mobility is intelligent, inclusive, and quietly transformative.