Company foundation
Geospatial collection, mapping and operational UAV delivery establish the engineering base.
Company / 01
Built to make autonomy operational.
An Indian aerospace and defence technology company connecting AI, aerospace, embedded systems, RF, software integration and flight testing.
Founded / 2021Supported by / IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation
Company evolution
Flight experience became the foundation for autonomy.
AccelUAV began with geospatial intelligence, drone mapping, digital twins and land-record programmes for government and enterprise customers.
That operating base created practical depth in airframes, payload integration, mission software, survey-grade data, maintenance and field deployment. The development of the ACE fixed-wing VTOL platform became the bridge into indigenous autonomous defence systems.
Today, the portfolio spans persistent ISR, counter-UAS, precision systems, maritime autonomy, tactical wearables, navigation subsystems, simulation and operator training—all connected through a sovereign software and autonomy layer.
ACE platform development
Fixed-wing VTOL, modular payloads and long-duration operations extend capability beyond survey missions.
Integrated defence stack
AI Core, C4 software, counter-UAS, loitering platforms and collaborative autonomy converge into one ecosystem.
Evidence before claims
Engineering at field scale.
Company metrics reported in the supplied product and strategic materials.
0Flight hours
0Test flights
0UAS systems delivered
0Projects completed
0Government & enterprise engagements
0Specialists
0Years combined experience
0Sq km digital maps delivered
Technology architecture
One AI core. Five connected layers.
Every layer is represented inside AccelUAV’s engineering organisation and built to be reused across platform classes.
L1 / Sense
See the complete operating picture.
Radar, RF, EO/IR and acoustic inputs are correlated into one track layer before a response is considered.
- Multi-sensor fusion
- Radar + RF cueing
- EO/IR confirmation
People / leadership dossier
The team behind the systems.
Leadership, founding members and advisors spanning defence operations, aerospace, autonomy, finance and product execution.
01 / Core leadership
Founding & Executive Team
The builders responsible for company direction, engineering execution and the operating backbone behind every programme.
Founder & CEO
Animi Gourav
Leads company strategy and product direction. Works across ISR, counter-UAS and precision-strike platforms, and drives key defence and enterprise engagements.
Co-Founder & CFO
A. Goutham
Built AccelUAV’s operating backbone across finance, compliance, legal, supply chain and execution. Coordinates manufacturing, survey and defence programmes nationwide.
Founding member
Manohar Manthri
Works across AI, unmanned systems and tactical autonomy for defence and national security, with experience linked to DRDO, Zen Technologies and the Indian Army.
Founding member
Leela Sai Abhiram Irlanki
Focuses on unmanned-systems autonomy, guidance, navigation, computer vision and machine learning across UAS and counter-UAS development.
Founding member
Hemanth Kumar Pilla
Works on autonomy, GNC, vision and ML for unmanned defence systems, including USV and UUV research connected to naval operations.
02 / Strategic leadership
Board & Strategic Advisors
Senior operational, scientific, manufacturing and financial counsel shaping how the company scales and serves national missions.
Non-Executive Director
Maj Gen Vikrant Naik, VSM (Retd.)
Brings more than 30 years of Indian Army leadership in operational command and strategic planning, advising on capability development and Armed Forces alignment.
Strategic Advisor
Venkat Kumar Tangirala
Managing Director of Windstream Energy Technologies India and a National Institute of MSME governing council member, with defence-manufacturing experience.
Financial Advisor
Dr. T. V. Rao
Former Director at the Export-Import Bank of India, with more than four decades across banking, MSME finance and international trade.
Scientific Advisor
Arun Tiwari
Former DRDO missile scientist who worked under Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam; co-author of Wings of Fire and author of more than 25 books.