Garuda Aerospace and Cognizant signs MoU to equip drones with advanced digital capabilities

With an intend to power drones with digital capabilities and bring innovative solutioins, Tech major Cognizant signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Garuda Aerospace, on Thursday. Following the deal, Cognizant and Garuda Aerospace will work towards bringing end-to-end drone-based management and monitoring offerings for business across sectors.

“We are excited to collaborate with Garuda Aerospace, combine our deep industry knowledge with capabilities such as advanced data analytics, real-time insights and software development to elevate drone-based solutions and new use cares for enterprise across sectors,” said Achal Kataria, Vice President and India Country Head, Cognizant.

Mr. Kataria further claimed that drone services are one of the fastest growing technology segments with the potential to provide extraordinary value to industries such as agriculture, manufacturing, energy and utilities, retail and logistics.

In regards with the agriculture sector, the new offering provides intelligent water and soil management, crop spraying, aerial planting among others.

“This collaboration with Cognizant will further enhance our ‘Made in India’ drones with world-class technologies and catalyze new, innovative solutions to help clients and their customers around the world,” said Agnishwar Jayapraksh, Founder and CEO, Garuda Aerospace.

The company informed that the collaboration will provide Cognizant associates across its service lines, including, analytics, IoT, among others, the opportunity to work on such purpose-driven drone projects and real-life use cases.

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Garuda Aerospace boasts a fleet of 400 drones and a well-trained team of over 500 pilots in 26 cities across the country. Former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni represents the company as its Brand Ambassador. 

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