D100 Drone SoC Kit
The D100 Drone SoC Kit is an aerial compute and perception package designed for airframe builders, integrating a flight-weight SoC2 module, sensing set, flight-controller interface, and airborne software development kit. It opens aerial perception markets using DeepGrid's common silicon die with minimal incremental engineering, delivering a management-projected ₹20 Cr in FY2032 revenue at a 68% gross margin.
- Listed price
- ₹5,00,000
- FY2032 revenue
- ₹20 Cr
- Share of plan
- 1.8%
- Gross margin
- 68%
- First revenue
- FY2028
- Volume plan
- 400 @ FY32
From input to outcome
Proposed product architecture. The scene illustrates its application, not a shipped kit.
Cameras and IMU read the scene and the airframe's own motion
SoC2 runs perception and visual odometry in flight
Planner produces waypoints or avoidance manoeuvres
The flight controller executes them
Drag to rotate. Conceptual layout, not a mask.
On the die
The case in brief
- The D100 Drone SoC Kit leverages DeepGrid's existing silicon to deliver a management-projected ₹20.0 Cr in FY2032 revenue at a 68% gross margin without incremental tape-out capital expenditure.
- The platform addresses defence and commercial airframe builders requiring deterministic, onboard visual perception and odometry when communication links or GPS signals fail.
- This robotics product opens an independent procurement cycle ahead of automotive timelines, constrained strictly by airborne weight and power budgets.
What it is used for
Tactical defence drone autonomy
- Buyer
- Defence drone manufacturers and military airframe builders
- The job
- Airframes operating in contested operational theaters face intense GPS jamming along borders such as the Line of Control and cannot rely on vulnerable radio communication links to navigate safely.
- What DeepGrid supplies
- DeepGrid supplies a single-die compute module running visual-inertial odometry, obstacle avoidance, and deterministic flight control, serving as a hardware fail-safe that flies the aircraft autonomously when external signals fail.
Commercial aerial inspection and surveillance
- Buyer
- Commercial drone manufacturers
- The job
- Commercial airframe builders require onboard perception for inspection and survey tasks where remote control signals drop out or radio latency compromises flight safety.
- What DeepGrid supplies
- DeepGrid provides a flight-capable kit integrating gimbal camera and thermal sensor interfaces with SoC2 airborne perception to perform real-time visual odometry, object detection, and tracking.
The story
A flight-capable compute and perception kit designed specifically for airframe builders.
The D100 Drone SoC Kit adapts DeepGrid's unified silicon die for the outdoor robotics market, entering commercial revenue in FY2028 at a unit price of ₹5.00 L. It packages flight-weight perception compute, sensors, and flight-controller integration for airframes where space and power are constrained. This configuration enters an independent procurement cycle with minimal engineering by applying automotive perception algorithms with ground assumptions removed.
- ₹5.00 LUnit price
- RoboticsSegment
- FY2028First revenue
- Flight-weight SoC2 compute moduleCompute hardware
- Camera and IMU sensing setSensing set
- SDK for airborne perceptionSoftware interface
A deterministic four-stage signal chain executes visual odometry and navigation directly on the aircraft.
Sensors and an inertial measurement unit feed real-time scene information and platform dynamics directly into the SoC2 compute module. The chip executes flight-specific perception firmware and visual odometry locally, allowing the planner to chart waypoints and avoidance manoeuvres without external radio reliance. The flight controller executes these commands directly, operating within strict airborne power and payload weight limits.
- Cameras and IMUStage 1 sensing
- SoC2 perception and visual odometryStage 2 compute
- Waypoint and avoidance planningStage 3 planner
- Flight controller executionStage 4 actuation
- Weight and power budgetOperating constraint
Airframe builders adopt onboard compute to sustain autonomy in environments where radio links fail.
Sales are transacted directly with defence and commercial drone manufacturers building platforms for inspection, surveying, and contested flight operations. These customers source modular compute to achieve deterministic autonomy when electronic interference or physical obstructions eliminate ground communications. The product targets the India defence and commercial drone SoC pool within an edge-AI drone segment expanding at an 18% CAGR according to Mordor Intelligence.
- Defence, commercial drone manufacturersTarget buyer
- Direct to airframe buildersSales channel
- Unreliable radio link environmentsAdoption trigger
- India defence, commercial drone SoCDemand pool
- Mordor 18% CAGRSegment growth source
- 400 units (management projection)FY2032 volume
A high-margin robotics entry that diversifies revenue streams without new silicon development.
The D100 kit provides high-margin strategic optionality by commercialising DeepGrid's core die across an alternative customer base. Management projects the product to generate ₹20.0 Cr in FY2032 revenue on 400 unit shipments, delivering a 68% gross margin and accounting for 1.8% of total group revenue. Continued operational performance depends on managing thermal and electrical power budgets within compact airframes.
- ₹20.0 Cr (management projection)FY2032 revenue
- 400 units (management projection)FY2032 volume
- 1.8% (management projection)Share of group
- 68% (management projection)Gross margin
- Weight and power budgetOperational dependency
- ₹0 CrFY270 units
- ₹0.25 CrFY285 units
- ₹2.5 CrFY2950 units
- ₹6.25 CrFY30125 units
- ₹11.25 CrFY31225 units
- ₹20 CrFY32400 units
What has to go right
DeepGrid must strictly manage physical weight and electrical power budgets, which are far tighter for airborne platforms than for ground vehicles. Commercial scaling also depends on the maturation of domestic drone regulations and compatible airframe form factors across commercial and defence sectors. The engineering team must maintain low-latency, deterministic integration between the perception stack and third-party flight controllers to prevent in-flight failures. Finally, executive leadership must treat the SKU as high-margin strategic optionality while navigating defence procurement cycles.
Key dependency Drone regulation and form-factor development.
Further reading and viewing
Read
The D100 Drone SoC on the SoC2 dieTechnology: six domains, one tapeoutDeepGrid Brief (Shravan, Mayookh), page 5I N D U S T R Y 2 O F 3, D E F E N C E · R O B O T S & D R O N E SFinancial Model v3 (Sept 2026), workbookSheet: Demand & TAMInvestment memorandum: BusinessT100 AI licencePortfolio deck, slide 6The portfolioAsk DeepGrid about the D100 Drone SoC KitAny question, answered from the same documentsRelated products
Prices, volumes, revenues and margins are management projections. The text is written from the linked documents, and every figure in it appears in the source it came from.