Dorf Ketal’s Group Company, Trentar Pvt Ltd, announced the launching of their Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) manufacturing division and the appointment of Dhruv Arora as the CEO of the Division.
Dhruv Arora is a veteran and has been part of the evolution of the UAV industry for the past 18 years. He is well known in the global drone industry for his innovation, design, and technical capabilities. He is a specialist in designing VTOL fixed-wing UAVs. Trentar had recently acquired GarudaUAV, a leading Drone based services and platform company. GarudaUAV has already started growing aggressively with Trentar’s intervention. With this development, Trentar will be able to create the complete drone eco system under one roof.
With liberal drone policies being planned globally, good quality and safe drone hardware will be the need of the hour for various applications both for defence and civil purposes. Trentar intends to address this in a brief period.
Commenting on the acquisition, Sudhir Menon, Chairman, Dorf Ketal, said, “The domain expertise, Dhruv Arora has, because of being in the industry for the last 18 years, will truly help Trentar in its vision of becoming a formidable drone manufacturer, globally. The target is to have the first Drone from the Trentar’s stable in the next 6 months. The plan is to create an enterprise predominantly through the inorganic growth route, globally “.
Dhruv Arora said, “I am very excited to lead the UAV manufacturing division of Trentar. We are looking forward to collaborating, design and deliver world-class UAVs to the Indian and global markets. We will be focusing on design, development, and manufacture of fully integrated UAVs & Subsystems “.
Subodh Menon, Founder, Dorf Ketal, said, “Trentar plans to invest Rs. 100 Crore in the next 3 years to design and build specialized drones for defence and civil purposes along with subsystems like Autopilot, Communication Systems. This will help in India being “Atmanirbhar” and at the same time build world-class drones on Indian Soil. We also plan to acquire companies with complimenting and cutting-edge technologies to augment the Trentar stable. Dhruv joining us will surely help us realize our dreams and vision to put India on the Global Drone map through the global presence and goodwill of Dorf Ketal/Trentar.