Raghu Vamsi Expands India’s Defence Capabilities Under its DeepTech Brand ‘Arrobot’ in its New State-of-the-Art Campus with Six Cutting-Edge Defence Systems
~ New 25,000 sq ft defense campus at Hyderabad Hardware Park to house design-to-assembly manufacturing for UAVs, engines, and advanced defence systems ~
~ Indian Army, Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), IIIT Hyderabad, and ARCI ink MoU with Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Group, respectively ~
In a strong boost to India’s defence manufacturing ecosystem, Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Group today announced the launch of a new DeepTech design, production, and integration facility while unveiling six indigenous UAV and autonomous defence products developed entirely in India. The dual announcement strengthens India’s drive for self-reliance in unmanned and next-gen defence systems, backed by an investment of over INR 100Crore in new manufacturing and technology development.
Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Group, with 10 manufacturing locations across three countries and more than 1,000 employees, has been supplying aero engines and missile subsystems for global OEMs, and Indian DPSUs have newly announced the Citadel Campus at Hardware Park, near Hyderabad International Airport, building on its foundation by adding large-scale infrastructure for design, system integration, assembly, and testing. This new facility strengthens the Group’s ability to support Indian strategic programmes and global customers with faster turnaround times and scalable production.
Alongside the infrastructure announcement, Raghu Vamsi introduced six new defence products representing India’s expanding technological footprint in autonomous systems. These include jet-powered loitering munitions, decoy drones, target drones, tethered surveillance drones, air-based missile launchers, micro turbojet engines, long endurance kamikaze UAVs, UGVs, autonomous ground combat systems, and robotic aircraft maintenance solutions, covering surveillance, deep strike, battlefield logistics, and mission support. The products will exceed a range of 300 km with speeds up to 650 kmph. The new product line, including RV Astra, RV Maya, RV Lakshya, RV Rudra, RV Indra, RV Yodha, and RV Drishti, highlights India’s shift from being a buyer of UAV and propulsion technologies to a nation capable of designing and manufacturing future-ready unmanned systems at scale.
The group is consolidating its capabilities to accelerate India’s defence exports and meet the increasing demand for indigenous unmanned and propulsion systems, with four MoUs signed respectively, including a strategic MoU with the 515 Army Base Workshop of the Indian Army for the co-design, development, testing and validation of advanced drone platforms and associated system, under which ARROBOT will support the Workshop in becoming the system integrator for establishing and operationalising dedicated drone manufacturing facilities within its premises;
a second MoU with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for co-development and supply of fully indigenised 200 kgf thrust-class engines to power next-generation autonomous fighter-aircraft platforms, marking a major milestone in India’s journey toward self-reliance in high-performance propulsion;
a third MoU with IIIT Hyderabad for the co-development of advanced AI-based autonomy, intelligent perception, swarm intelligence and mission systems to accelerate smart UAV development for defence applications; and a forth MoU with ARCI for collaborative development of laser cladding, additive manufacturing, and thermal barrier coating applications in advancing new aero engine technologies; collectively strengthening India’s technology readiness and production capability in unmanned systems
