Hyderabad-based AkinAnalytics launches indigenous NIKA2 Kisan medium drone for farmers

Key facts

• AkinAnalytics, a Hyderabad-based women-led DeepTech and defence technology startup, launched the indigenous NIKA2 Kisan medium drone for farmers.
• Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan unveiled the NIKA2 drone during a demonstration in New Delhi.
• The NIKA2 is a multi-payload agricultural drone with a 16-litre spraying payload and a 12-litre spreading payload.
• The drone's payload-change mechanism allows operators to switch between spraying and spreading applications.
• The platform includes terrain-following capability, fail-safe features, and night-operation capability.
• The drone can also be used for aquaculture feed distribution beyond conventional agricultural operations.
• The terrain-following technology is intended for uneven and sloping agricultural landscapes, with potential use in plantation regions including tea-growing areas of Shillong and Meghalaya.
• AkinAnalytics is developing an AI-Augmented Drone Analytics Platform and Digital Twin technologies for converting drone and field data into actionable intelligence.
• The company operates a DGCA-authorised Remote Pilot Training Organisation in Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh.