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
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Clients across drones, GIS & photogrammetry
Government organisations, Indian Defense, PSUs, private sector, universities and premium educational institutes
Missions completed across different terrain
Flown by an experienced team of DGCA certified drone pilots, right across India
Coastline under daily drone patrol
First in India to fly daily coastal patrols to identify IUU fishing and strengthen coastal security
Army units & Air Force stations served
More than 240 Army units across all commands, plus 35+ Air Force stations
Why Schnell Drone Technologies
Missions that need experience, not just equipment
Coastlines, valleys, forests and glaciers — Schnell Drone Technologies has flown them. That operational record is what government agencies, industry and the agriculture sector buy.
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.
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
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.
Software
GIS, photogrammetry and geotechnical software
Alongside its services, Schnell distributes and supports the software its own survey teams rely on — including as exclusive India partner of Blue Marble Geographics.
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.
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.