Above

An enterprise aircraft flies a planned corridor. Every frame is georeferenced the moment it is captured.

Into data

Millions of LiDAR and photogrammetric points resolve the terrain to survey-grade accuracy.

Onto infrastructure

Towers, conductors, roads and solar plants are classified, measured and checked for thermal anomalies.

Below

The survey continues under the waterline — bathymetry, seabed morphology and reef health.

Beyond

Autonomous platforms, computer vision and aerospace research extend the same capability further.

Engineering intelligencefrom above, below and beyond.

ALFA DRONES develops and deploys advanced intelligence systems across aerial, terrestrial, marine and digital environments.

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Bengaluru, Karnataka — India Enterprise drones · survey · marine · inspection Air · Land · Sea · Digital Government & enterprise programmes

Technology ecosystem

Seven divisions,
one intelligence stack

Each division owns a domain — air, land, water, structure, model, machine, mind. They share the same sensors, the same coordinate framework and the same processing pipeline, so a single site can be understood from every direction at once.

In plain english

What we
actually do

Strip away the terminology and the work is simple: we fly instruments over a place, turn what they record into accurate measurements, and hand you something you can make a decision from. Here is the whole process in four steps.

We come and look

A crew visits your site with drones and survey instruments. We put fixed reference points on the ground first, so everything we record afterwards can be tied to a real position on the earth.

For exampleMarking known points around a village before flying over it.

We measure it

The drone flies a planned pattern and its sensors record the ground: ordinary photographs, laser scans that see through trees, or heat cameras that show which equipment is running hot.

For exampleSpotting an overheating joint on a power line without climbing the tower.

We turn it into data

Back in the office the raw recordings are processed into a measurable model of the site — a sharp aerial map, a 3D model, ground heights, or a list of faults with their exact locations.

For exampleA map where you can measure the distance between two field boundaries.

You get an answer

You receive files your engineers or department can open and act on, with a written statement of how accurate they are. If you would rather own the equipment, we also sell and set up the drones.

For exampleA report telling you exactly where a road needs raising, and by how much.

Who this is for

Government departments, power and water utilities, construction and mining firms, farms, and research programmes. If it is large, outdoors and needs measuring, it is our work.

What you actually receive

Maps, 3D models, ground levels, fault lists and reports — in the file formats your team already uses. Nothing you need special software to open unless you ask for it.

Why a drone

It is faster than walking a site, safer than climbing a tower or a turbine, and it records the whole area rather than a handful of spot checks. You get more coverage, in less time, with nobody at height.

DJI Authorised
Enterprise Dealer Sales · Payload integration · Training · Service

DJI Enterprise Store

Buy the aircraft
from the people
who fly it daily

We are an authorised DJI dealer and we have delivered over a thousand enterprise aircraft. Every platform below is one our own crews fly on live survey and inspection contracts — so the advice you get is from flight hours, not a catalogue. Configure a platform, add it to a quote, and we come back with pricing, payload options and training.

What comes with the aircraft

Payload selection & integration
RTK / base station setup
DJI Terra & FlightHub 2 configuration
Pilot & workflow training
DJI Care Enterprise plans
Spares, batteries & consumables
DGCA compliance guidance
Service & calibration support

Browse the full DJI Enterprise range on dji.com →

Specifications shown are DJI's published figures for each platform and are given for comparison. Final configuration, pricing and lead time are confirmed on quotation. Availability varies by region and regulatory approval.

Operating record

Measured
at scale

Founded in Bengaluru in 2018. Survey, inspection and enterprise drone supply across five countries. Select a country to see the record for that programme.

Area surveyed & inspected by country

Figures are cumulative to date.

Alfa Aerial

Enterprise drone systems and aerial intelligence. We specify, supply and operate professional aircraft and sensor payloads — then take responsibility for what comes off them. Aircraft are a means of carrying instruments to a place; the deliverable is measurement.

PlatformDrone

RTK multirotor and enterprise airframes, mission-planned per site.

PayloadSensor

LiDAR, thermal, multispectral, high-resolution optical.

ChainSoftware

Flight, calibration, georeferencing and QC.

OutputData

Point clouds, orthomosaics, elevation models.

ResultIntelligence

Decisions an engineer can sign off on.

Engineer assembling a survey hexacopter beside an Alfa Drones flight case before a sortie — Airframe & payload preparation · pre-flight

Core capabilities

DJI enterprise drone solutions
Enterprise drone sales
Advanced sensor integration
LiDAR payloads
Thermal sensors
Multispectral imaging
RTK drone systems
Industrial drone operations
Infrastructure inspection
Construction monitoring
Environmental monitoring
Pilot & workflow training

Enterprise programmes only. We configure aircraft, payloads and ground control as a working system — including calibration, data pipeline and operator training — rather than selling hardware over a counter.

Alfa Geospatial

Mapping the physical world digitally. Ground control, GNSS observation and aerial capture are combined into one adjusted network, so the map holds its accuracy from the first control point to the final contour.

Topographic survey
Drone survey
Land mapping
Corridor mapping
Road & highway survey
Railway mapping
Pipeline survey
Transmission line mapping
Orthomosaic generation
Digital elevation models
Digital terrain models
Contour mapping
Volumetric analysis
Cut & fill calculation
GIS intelligence
RTK / PPK survey

Surveyor sighting a total station on rocky terrain beneath a distribution line

LiDAR point cloud of the same class of corridor, coloured by elevation

Ground truth Point cloud

Engineers logging a GNSS control point with an RTK rover — GNSS control observation

Field engineer placing a chequered ground control target — Ground control target placement

Stage 01Real world

Site recce, control network, flight plan.

Stage 02Data capture

Aerial, terrestrial and GNSS observation.

Stage 03Processing

Adjustment, classification, accuracy report.

Stage 04Digital model

DEM, DTM, contours, orthomosaic, CAD.

Stage 05Intelligence

Volumes, clearances, change, decisions.

Alfa Digital Twin

Classified LiDAR point cloud showing vegetation, buildings and a transmission crossing, coloured by height — Classified point cloud · height ramp 8.87 m to 40.80 m

Reality capture turns an asset into a measurable model. Once a site exists as a twin, distance, volume, clearance and change stop being site visits and become queries.

Capabilities

3D structure & building modelling
Reality capture
Photogrammetry
LiDAR point clouds
Infrastructure digital twins
Industrial facility modelling
Heritage documentation
Interactive 3D environments
Construction monitoring
Virtual site visualisation

InputPhysical asset

CaptureReality capture

Build3D model

OperateDigital twin

OutputAI intelligence

Alfa Marine

Ocean intelligence and underwater exploration. The waterline is a sensor change, not a boundary — GNSS and echo sounding carry the same coordinate framework from the shore to the seabed.

Bathymetric survey
Hydrographic survey
Underwater mapping
Seabed mapping
Coastal survey
Marine GIS
Coral reef mapping
Coral reef monitoring
Environmental monitoring
Underwater 3D modelling
Coastal restoration monitoring
Marine habitat assessment

Two surveyors running a single-beam echo sounder and GNSS antenna from an inflatable survey boat — Single-beam bathymetry · GNSS-referenced survey craft

From the sky to the seafloor, we capture intelligence everywhere.

International project

Sri Lanka coral reef survey & restoration initiative

A coastal programme combining shallow-water bathymetry, reef habitat mapping and repeat monitoring of restoration sites. Aerial capture defines the coastline and shallow substrate; vessel-borne echo sounding carries depth into the channel; underwater imagery and photogrammetry document reef structure so recovery can be measured, not estimated.

Location: Coastal Sri Lanka
Category: Marine & environmental
Methodology: Aerial + vessel + underwater capture
Status: Monitoring cycles ongoing
Technologies: Bathymetric survey, GNSS positioning, underwater photogrammetry, marine GIS
Deliverables: Bathymetric charts, reef habitat maps, 3D underwater models, change reports
Monitoring: Baseline, restoration and recovery epochs
Beneficiaries: Environmental agencies and coastal authorities

Alfa Inspection

Thermal imagery of a transmission tower and a substation transformer bank

Tower · normal 41°C Anomaly · joint 68°C Critical · bushing 121°C Transformer · normal

Tower structure — normal, 41°C
Conductor joint — anomaly, 68°C
Transformer bushing — critical, 121°C
Transformer body — normal

Normal Anomaly Critical Inspection required

Intelligent infrastructure monitoring. Radiometric thermal and high-zoom optical capture are flown to a repeatable plan, then read against the previous epoch — so a rising joint temperature is caught as a trend rather than a failure.

Thermal inspection

Solar power plants
Electrical infrastructure
Industrial facilities
Equipment monitoring
Thermal anomaly detection

Powerline inspection

Transmission towers & corridors
Electrical substations
Vegetation encroachment
Thermal hotspot detection

Infrastructure inspection

Roads, bridges & buildings
Towers & industrial facilities
Construction sites

Inspection engineer preparing an enterprise airframe with thermal and optical payload on a wind turbine nacelle — Working at height · nacelle-launched blade & structure inspection

Divisions 06 · 07 and forward

Where the stack
is heading next

These divisions are in active development. We describe them as a direction of engineering work, with capability published as it is proven in the field.

◉ Alfa AI

Artificial intelligence

Data is everywhere. Intelligence is what we create from it.

Computer vision
Geospatial AI
Automated data processing
Object & change detection
Infrastructure analytics

⬡ Alfa Robotics

Autonomous systems

Machines that go where inspection is slow, costly or unsafe.

Industrial robotics
Inspection robotics
Remote operations
Intelligent robotic platforms

△ Alfa Aerospace

Future flight

Research into longer endurance, higher autonomy and better sensing.

Advanced aerial systems
Autonomous flight technologies
Aerospace research
Advanced sensors

⬢ Alfa Advanced Systems

Strategic technology

Situational awareness and geospatial intelligence for regulated users.

Situational awareness
Surveillance technologies
Mapping & geospatial intelligence
Infrastructure monitoring

Advanced Systems capabilities are offered only where lawful, and are subject to applicable national regulations, export controls and government approvals. Aerospace and robotics work is presented as a development direction — we publish capability once it is demonstrated.

07Technology divisions

04Environments · air, land, sea, digital

02Countries of operation

cmOrder of survey accuracy delivered

Government & enterprise

Built for programmes
that have to hold up

Public infrastructure work is audited work. Every deliverable leaves our office with its control network, accuracy statement and processing record attached, in the formats the receiving department already uses.

Government departmentsSurvey · revenue · planning

Infrastructure authoritiesRoads · rail · water

Smart citiesBase maps · asset registers

Municipal corporationsProperty · utilities · works

Survey departmentsCadastral · topographic

Environmental agenciesHabitat · change monitoring

Coastal authoritiesBathymetry · shoreline

Power utilitiesCorridors · substations

Large scale mapping
Digital twin development
Infrastructure intelligence
Environmental monitoring
Coastal monitoring
Disaster assessment
Asset inspection
Geospatial intelligence

Framed high-resolution orthomosaic of a mapped village handed over to department officials — Deliverable handover · village-scale orthomosaic

Procurement ready Documentation on request

Company profile, technical capability statements, equipment lists, accuracy methodology and sample deliverables are available from the Knowledge Hub for tender and empanelment submissions.

Projects & case studies

Field record

Selected work across corridors, civic mapping, power infrastructure and coastal waters. Open any project for the challenge, the method, the equipment and what was handed over.

Operations

Where we work

Headquartered in Bengaluru, operating across India, Sri Lanka, Somalia, the UAE and the Netherlands. Drag the globe to turn it, or pick a location for the programme running there.

ORTHOGRAPHIC · WGS84 12.9716 N · 77.5946 E

Industries

One capability,
read differently

The same capture and processing chain answers a different question in every sector. Select an industry to see which divisions it draws on.

Achievements

Track

From the first drone survey flights to a seven-division technology company. Every entry here is editable from the content system.

Alfa Knowledge Hub

Documents
& resources

Company profile, technical brochures, case studies and reports. Open documents download directly; restricted documents are released on request for tender and enterprise evaluation.

FIND

About Alfa Drones

We don't just capture data.
We create intelligence.

ALFA DRONES operates at the convergence of advanced sensing, aerial systems, geospatial science, marine exploration and artificial intelligence. Our mission is to transform complex physical environments into actionable digital intelligence.

From large-scale infrastructure and cities to power networks and underwater ecosystems, we deploy advanced technology to capture, analyse and understand the world around us. What began as drone survey and mapping work in the field is now organised as seven divisions, sharing the same crews, instruments and quality discipline.

01Sensors

02Autonomous systems

03Geospatial science

043D reality capture

05Artificial intelligence

= Intelligent decision making

Fixed-wing and multirotor survey aircraft with ground control equipment laid out before a field programme — Aircraft & payload fleet

Company stand at a national technology exhibition — Exhibitions

Drone team deployed alongside civic and police officials — Civic deployment

Leadership

The engineer
behind the company

Alfa Drones was founded and is run by an engineer who still flies the missions. Technical decisions here are made by someone who has stood on the site, not only read the report.

Dr. Neel Sagar Ganeshan

Chief Executive Officer & Founder · Bengaluru

PhD Artificial intelligence & analysis BE Aerospace engineering MBA Business management

Three disciplines sit behind Alfa Drones, and Neel Sagar holds all three. Aerospace engineering explains how the aircraft stays in the air and what a payload does to its flight envelope. A doctorate in artificial intelligence and analysis explains what happens to the data after it lands — classification, change detection, and the difference between an image and a measurement. The MBA is why the company is structured as seven divisions with clear ownership rather than a survey shop that grew by accident.

He founded Alfa Drones in Bengaluru in 2018 and built it from field survey work into an authorised DJI enterprise dealership and a seven-division technology company operating across five countries. He remains closely involved in method: control networks, accuracy classes and the question of whether a deliverable can actually be signed off by the engineer receiving it.

Fact 01Aerospace first, drones second

The aerospace background came before the company. Aircraft are treated here as instrument carriers — the deliverable is the measurement, not the flight.

Fact 02A doctorate that shows up in the product

The AI research is not decorative. Change detection, anomaly grading and classification over the company's own archive come directly out of it.

Fact 03Flew when the city needed it

He led the drone team that worked alongside municipal and police authorities on civic operations in Bengaluru during the pandemic — work covered in the city press.

Fact 04Took the company underwater

Opened the marine division and the Sri Lanka coral reef survey and restoration monitoring programme, extending the same coordinate framework from the shoreline down.

Fact 05Over a thousand aircraft placed

As an authorised DJI dealer he has overseen the supply, configuration and support of more than 1,000 enterprise drones.

Fact 06Built for departments, not demos

Deliverables are shaped around what government and utility engineers can actually accept — accuracy reports, control statements and departmental formats.

The team running it

Founded in Bengaluru in 2018, Alfa Drones is run by a small senior group who each own a part of the chain — the money, the fleet and the technology — so no decision waits on a committee.

Venkataraman ‘Venkat’ Murthy

Chief Technology Officer

M.TechGeoinformaticsPhotogrammetry

Owns the processing chain end to end — control networks, adjustment, classification and the accuracy statement that goes out with every deliverable. If a client disputes a number, it is his workflow that has to answer for it.

He leads payload integration and calibration across the fleet, and the software side of the digital twin and AI divisions, where the company's own archive is turned into change detection and anomaly grading.

Accountable forSurvey method · data pipeline · accuracy & QA

Vikram Sharma

Director · Global Operations & Fleet Logistics

MBASupply chainAviation ops

Runs the aircraft, the crews and the movement of both. Mobilisation planning, airspace and permission handling, and the logistics of getting instruments to sites across five countries sit with him.

He also runs the fleet itself — airworthiness, maintenance cycles, spares and battery inventory — which is what keeps a survey window from being lost to a grounded aircraft.

Accountable forField operations · fleet readiness · international logistics

Karthik Rajan

Chief Financial Officer

Chartered AccountantMBA Finance

Handles the commercial side of a business that both sells hardware and delivers services — project costing, fleet capital, and the working capital cycle behind holding DJI enterprise stock.

He owns tender compliance and pre-qualification: the financial statements, turnover certificates and documentation that government and utility procurement ask for before a bid is even read.

Accountable forFinance · procurement · tender compliance

Contact

Talk to an engineer,
not a form

Tell us the site, the environment and the decision you need to make. We will come back with a method, an accuracy expectation and a deliverable list.

HeadquartersBengaluru, Karnataka

India
12.9716 N · 77.5946 E

EnquiriesProjects desk

alfadronestechnology@gmail.com
+91 96111 73649

TendersPre-qualification

Capability statements, past performance records and equipment schedules are issued on department letterhead request.

Alfa Drones · Advanced Intelligence Systems