We design and build delivery drones, medical payload drones and high-endurance UAVs, engineered from first-principles physics rather than off-the-shelf assumptions.
Payload-to-weight ratio demonstrated at the DARPA Lift Challenge, August 2026
Core platform lines: delivery, medical payload, high endurance
In-house antenna, radar and telecom engineering depth
Founded by engineers from IIT Kharagpur and IIT Patna
Every Skyvarta aircraft starts from the mission: what has to be carried, how far, in what conditions. Then we size the rotors, motors, structure and energy system to fit it.
Rugged multirotor aircraft for last-mile logistics, built to lift more than their own weight and to do it repeatedly and safely.
Aircraft designed around sensitive cargo such as vaccines, blood products and diagnostics, where time, temperature and handling decide the outcome.
Long-loiter and long-range aircraft for inspection, mapping, monitoring and surveillance, where every watt-hour has to count.
Lift, power, endurance and signal range all follow from a handful of physical laws. We design to them from the first sketch.
To hold weight, a rotor must accelerate air downward. Spreading the same thrust over a larger disk area A moves more air more slowly, which cuts the power needed. This is why efficient endurance aircraft carry large, lightly loaded propellers.
Real propellers lose energy to drag, tip effects and swirl. Blade shape, tip speed and motor matching decide how close we get to the ideal. Higher figure of merit means more minutes in the air for the same battery.
Flight time is usable battery energy divided by power draw. Extra battery adds weight, which needs more thrust and more power, so returns diminish fast. Good endurance comes from balancing the whole system.
A high ratio demands high thrust-to-weight, torque-dense motors and a structure that is both stiff and light. Our 2:1 result at the DARPA Lift Challenge came from optimising all of these together.
Signal strength falls with the square of distance. Antenna gain, frequency and placement on the airframe decide how far and how reliably a drone stays connected, which is why antenna design is core to long-range work.
Heat leaking into a payload bay scales with its surface area, insulation quality and the temperature difference to the outside. Medical payloads are designed so the cargo stays in range for the full mission, including delays.
Move the sliders and see the physics respond. A first-order estimate of hover power and flight time for a multirotor.
Assumes 80% usable battery, 85% combined motor and speed-controller efficiency, and ISA standard atmosphere. Hover only, with no wind, climb or payload manoeuvres. Real endurance depends on detailed design and conditions.
From the propeller to the antenna, we engineer each subsystem and, more importantly, how they work together.
Motor, propeller and speed-controller matching for the target thrust, efficiency and thermal limits.
Lightweight, stiff composite structures designed for high payload fractions and field-repairable durability.
Battery sizing, power distribution and monitoring built around mission energy budgets and safety margins.
Antenna selection and placement for robust control, telemetry and video links over long ranges.
Radar and sensor expertise supporting situational awareness and obstacle detection for safer operations.
Flight control, navigation and mission planning for repeatable autonomous flights with sensible failsafes.
Krishna designs and builds drones with a focus on lifting capability and RF systems. In August 2026 he demonstrated a 2:1 payload-to-weight ratio drone at the DARPA Lift Challenge. He is an expert in antenna systems and radar systems, and is certified in drone design and build by IIT Dhanbad.
Jagadeesh is a co-founder and director of Skyvarta Aerosystems, helping lead the company's engineering and growth as it builds delivery, medical and high-endurance drone platforms for India.
Tell us what you need to carry, how far, and where. We will tell you what physics allows.