ideaForge
ideaForge (ideaForge Technology Limited) is an Indian unmanned aircraft manufacturer whose products are used by India's defence, paramilitary, and police forces as well as civil customers in mapping, infrastructure, and disaster-management work. Trade press has described the company as India's largest supplier of operational UAVs, citing thousands of its Switch UAVs supplied to the Indian military.
The company's security-and-surveillance line includes the hand-launched NETRA 5, introduced alongside the SWITCH V2 at Aero India 2025 in February 2025, the VTOL tactical ZOLT, and the earlier NETRA V4, NETRA V4 PRO and Q4i platforms. Its mapping line includes the Q6 V2 and GEO Q6 UAVs. ideaForge also develops its own mission software, including the BlueFire Live streaming platform and BlueFire Touch ground control station.
ideaForge's listed products on this site currently comprise the NETRA 5, a foldable, backpack-portable UAV built for GNSS-denied, jam-resistant operation with a modular dual-payload-bay design, and the ZOLT, a VTOL tactical UAV ordered by the Indian Army in November 2025.
Aircraft by ideaForge
ideaForge lists 2 drones and UAVs. The heaviest listed is NETRA 5 at 8 kg MTOW. The longest endurance is 3 hours (ZOLT). The longest range is 50 km (ZOLT).
| Aircraft listed | 2 |
|---|---|
| Heaviest (MTOW) | NETRA 5 · 8 kg |
| Longest endurance | ZOLT · 3 h |
| Longest range | ZOLT · 50 km |
| Highest ceiling | ZOLT · 3500 m |
| With verified specs | 2 of 2 |
