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Three Schnell drone pilots carrying a fixed-wing survey drone onto a launch mat at a coastal site

DGCA Type-certified product · Operating since 2010

India's Leading Drone Technology Company. Your Most Trusted Drone-as-a-Service Partner.

From safeguarding 815 km of coastline every day to precision agrochemical spraying with type-certified drones, Schnell executes complex drone missions across industries and terrains.

  • 815 km coastline
  • Operating since 2010
  • Multi-state operations

Flagship product

HIMALAYA — our DGCA Type-certified Agrochemical spraying drone

An indigenous hexacopter built for Indian fields: a 10 litre tank, four flat-jet nozzles and a full failsafe suite, covering about six acres an hour.

  • 10 L tank
  • 1 acre in 7 min
  • 6 acres in 1 hour
  • About 30 acres in 1 day

Coastal security & surveillance

India's Only Drone Operator Flying 12 NM Offshore to Detect IUU Fishing

Daily drone patrols for Fisheries departments with day-light and night-thermal payloads to identify IUU (Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated) fishing, live feeds to Coastal Police, working in close coordination with the Coast Guard, Navy and Customs, creating court-admissible evidence.

  • 9 fixed-wing SWITCH UAVs
  • Up to 23 km inside the sea
  • Day & night-thermal

Land mapping & survey using drones

Advanced Drone Surveying, Mapping & Geospatial Intelligence

Ortho-rectified imagery, 3D dense point clouds, DEM, DTM, DSM and contours — including active work on the national SVAMITVA village mapping programme.

  • 50,000+ acres mapped
  • 500+ villages
  • GPS/RTK & LiDAR accuracy

Agriculture fertilizer spraying

Spraying of Agrochemicals including Nano Urea & Nano DAP across multiple states

Agrochemical and fertilizer spraying over different crops, in all seasons. Memorandums of Agreement with IFFCO for two consecutive years to spray Nano Urea and Nano DAP across Maharashtra, Telangana and Karnataka — where Schnell emerged as a top sprayer at national scale.

  • IFFCO MoA partner
  • 3 states covered
  • 25–30 acres per day

01/05

1,000+

Clients across drones, GIS & photogrammetry

Government organisations, Indian Defense, PSUs, private sector, universities and premium educational institutes

1,00,000+

Missions completed across different terrain

Flown by an experienced team of DGCA certified drone pilots, right across India

815 km

Coastline under daily drone patrol

First in India to fly daily coastal patrols to identify IUU fishing and strengthen coastal security

275+

Army units & Air Force stations served

More than 240 Army units across all commands, plus 35+ Air Force stations

Drone-as-a-Service

Five verticals, one operating team

Government departments and enterprises subscribe to the capability — drones, trained pilots, analytics, maintenance and cloud infrastructure — without buying any of it.

All services

DGCA Type-certified

HIMALAYA — our indigenous agriculture spraying drone

Schnell Drone Technologies' indigenous hexacopter HIMALAYA for agrochemical spraying — a 10 litre tank, four flat-jet nozzles and a full failsafe suite, Type-certified by the DGCA and built for Indian field conditions.

Per acre
7 min
Covered per hour
6 acres
Per day
30 acres
Tank capacity
10 L
Max all-up weight
28.5 kg
HIMALAYA spraying drone standing on a field track with its rotor arms extended, farmland and hills behind

About Schnell

Built on geospatial expertise, proven in the hardest terrain

Schnell Drone Technologies Ltd. is one of India's leading Drone-as-a-Service (DaaS) companies, with operations spanning multiple states. Established in 2010 as an entrepreneurial venture specializing in GIS and Photogrammetry, the company has built its drone operations on a strong foundation of geospatial expertise.

Over the years, Schnell has developed extensive experience in operating a wide range of drone platforms across diverse and challenging terrains, including valleys, forests, coastal regions, and glaciers. Its technical capabilities and operational excellence have enabled the company to successfully execute complex drone missions for government agencies, industries, and the agriculture sector.

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Survey drone flying over farmland with a mountain range in the distance

Our team

The crew behind every sortie

Schnell Drone Technologies is led by engineers and flown by DGCA certified pilots — the people who put drones over coastlines, farmland and glaciers, day after day.

The crew behind every sortie
The Schnell Drone Technologies team assembled outside the project base during the Maharashtra coastal surveillance deployment
Schnell drone pilots and engineers receiving certificates at a project felicitation ceremony
Schnell field crew gathered before a day of coastal survey flights
The Schnell Drone Technologies team in company polos, gathered on the lawn for a group photograph

Talk to India's most experienced drone services team

Whether you need daily coastal surveillance, agrochemical spraying at scale, or survey-grade geospatial data — tell us the mission and we will scope it.