Craic Precision
12.97° N / 77.59° E — Bengaluru
Autonomous & robotic defence technologies — India

Built for theNext Battlefield

The decisive airspace is now the one hundred metres above our soldiers — and the decisive weapon costs less than the rations of the platoon it hunts.

AI concept render · for reference
DPIIT Recognised MSME / Udyam Registered GeM Listed DGQA Interaction Govt of Karnataka 100% Indigenous
Why we do it
Let the robot lead. You stay in control.

If an adversary can build five crore drones a year, that is more than one every second — each able to strike the fuel, power and bridges a nation runs on. We build so India's soldiers meet that threat with Indian technology, under their command.

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Doctrine

The 100-Metre War

In the Russia–Ukraine war, drones went from watching the battle to leading it.

2022Drones watch
2023Drones strike
2024Drones by the million
2025Drones beat jamming
2026Drones lead the fight
The fight is now won or lost in the first hundred metres of sky above our soldiers. Everything we build is made in India for that fight.
Official enquiries

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Counter-drone

FPV and AI loitering drones
are the defining threat.

They are cheap, fast and already over the front line. Our answer starts with a weapon every soldier can carry.

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Drone Bazooka — AI concept render, for referenceAI concept render · for reference
Proven

Drone Bazooka

Man-portable counter-drone defence for the soldier already at the post.

Field-proven · Indian Army trials
Laser Weapon System — AI concept render, for referenceAI concept render · for reference
Next layer

Laser Weapon System

A laser layer for when drones come in numbers.

In development

Specifications and trial details are shared only through official channels.

Featured game

Hold the Post

Defend the first hundred metres. Eight waves, three weapons, one post.

Aim with the mouse or your finger. Net: tap to fire. Gun and laser: hold to fire. Switch with 1 · 2 · 3 or the buttons. P pauses, M mutes.

Illustrative game — not system performance.

Live drills

Short drills

Tap where the drone will be. One net, one drone.

Illustrative games — not system performance.

Counter-drone enquiries

Defend the post.

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Training

Trained before contact.

Soldiers should meet the drone threat first on a range — not in battle.

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Proven

FPV Counter-Combat Training Kit

Counter-FPV training for both sides of the drone fight.

Field-proven · Indian Army trialsActive supply orders
Proven

Advanced Tactical FPV Training Kit

Advanced FPV piloting tactics, through to attack-drone training.

Field-proven · Indian Army trials
Sniper Training Kit — AI concept render, for referenceAI concept render · for reference
Training

Sniper Training Kit

Precision marksmanship training for snipers.

Developed with the Indian Army

Training content and system details are shared only through official channels.

Live drills

Both sides of the drone fight

Drones dive at your post. Tap each one before it reaches you — the earlier, the better.

Illustrative drills — not system performance.

Training enquiries

Train before the fight.

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Tactical mobility

Arrive unannounced.

An engine's noise gives a patrol away. Scout Rider moves quietly.

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Scout Rider — AI concept render, for referenceAI concept render · for reference
Proven

Scout Rider

A quiet, four-wheel electric ATV for fast, light movement over rough ground.

Field-proven · Indian Army trials
Team Rider — AI concept render, for referenceAI concept render · for reference
Next layer

Team Rider

Electric mobility that moves a small team and its kit over rough ground.

In development

Specifications and trial details are shared only through official channels.

Live drills

Move quiet. Bring them home.

Move left and right to steer. Move up to go faster, down to go quieter — or use the arrow keys. Reach checkpoints for extra time. Go quiet near listening posts.

Illustrative games — not system performance.

Mobility enquiries

Move quiet. Move now.

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Fire control

Fire from cover.

The soldier stays protected. The decision stays human.

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Remote Weapon Platform — AI concept render, for referenceAI concept render · for reference
Proven

Remote Weapon Platform

Lets the soldier fire from cover, with the final decision always human.

Proven
Advanced Weapon Optics — AI concept render, for referenceAI concept render · for reference
Next layer

Advanced Weapon Optics

Sharper sight for the soldier's weapon.

In development

Specifications and programme details are shared only through official channels.

Live drill

Remote Fire

Point to aim — the weapon follows. Tap to fire. Hit enemy targets, drones and missiles. Never a friendly.

Illustrative drill — not system performance.

Fire-control enquiries

Engage from cover.

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Our mission

Let the robot lead.
You stay in control.

Technology should lead the way. Soldiers should command it. We build the systems that make both true — in India, for India's forces.

Why we exist
1.6
new drones every second.
If an adversary can build five crore drones a year, that is more than one every second — every hour, every day.

Since you opened this page, that is 0 new drones.

Each one can reach what a nation runs on.

Fuel stationsFuel depotsWarehousesAircraft Power linesPower plantsBridgesDams Supply trucksOil tankersTrainsEvery vital asset

This is the 100-metre war. It will not wait for imports.

From the founder

I grew up in a family that has served the nation in uniform. Duty and discipline were part of everyday life.

Over the years I met military dignitaries who had given a lifetime to service. Listening to them, I saw a gap no one was closing — technology was racing ahead, and the way our soldiers trained and fought was not keeping pace.

That is where I understood what I had to build. Technology should lead the way. Soldiers should control it, and follow it.

Craic Precision exists to close that gap, and to end our dependence on imports for the systems our soldiers stake their lives on. I build for the soldier who will stand at the front five years from now — so that on the day they need it, it is already Indian, already proven, already in their hands.

Galwan and Operation Sindoor reminded every one of us: the next fight will not wait.

Manu B MalagattiFounder, Craic Precision
Our promise

What we will always do

01

Technology leads. Soldiers command.

Let the robot lead the way. The decision stays with the soldier.

02

Never compromise on safety.

Not for a deadline, not for a demo, not for a price.

03

Built in India.

Every system we make is one less our forces must import.

04

Built for the soldier of tomorrow.

We design for the fight five years from now, not the last one.

Why we will win

Three things others cannot import

01

Military quality standards

Built to the standards our forces expect — tested hard, before it ever reaches them.

02

Indian terrain

Designed for our mountains, deserts, jungles and coasts — not adapted to them afterwards.

03

Military experience

Guided by veterans whose service spans training, special forces, intelligence and artillery.

Where we are going
A premium defence R&D house — built for India's forces, built with them, and in time trusted by partners across the world.

Every infantry section, every forward post and every vital installation will need protection from the sky. We intend to be ready first.

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Doctrine

The 100-Metre War.

In the Russia–Ukraine war, small drones went from watching the battle to fighting it. The front line moved into the sky just above the soldier.

How the war changed

Five years. One new kind of war.

  1. 2022

    Drones watch.

    Small drones spot targets for the guns. They are eyes, not weapons.

  2. 2023

    Drones strike.

    Cheap racing drones carrying explosives begin hunting soldiers, trenches and tanks.

  3. 2024

    Drones by the million.

    One side alone reports building over a million in a year. Drones get their own branch of the armed forces — a first.

  4. 2025

    Drones beat jamming.

    Drones flown on thin fibre-optic cable cannot be jammed. Jamming alone is no longer enough.

  5. 2026

    Drones lead the fight.

    Officials there report that drones now cause most front-line casualties.

70%+
of front-line casualties.
That is the share Ukrainian officials now attribute to drones — more than artillery, more than any other weapon.
What it taught us

Four lessons India cannot ignore

01

The front line is now overhead.

Danger starts kilometres before contact. Every soldier, vehicle and post can be seen and struck from above.

02

Cheap beats costly.

A drone costing less than a motorcycle can stop a tank costing crores. Defence has to cost less than the threat.

03

Skill decides.

Drones are easy to buy. Trained pilots and trained defenders are not. The side that trains first wins.

04

Build at home, at speed.

Both sides build their own drones and change them every few weeks. Imports cannot keep up.

Figures and events as publicly reported by officials and international media, 2022–2026. Reported figures are not independently verified.

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Frontline Watch

The war that rewrote
the rulebook.

Twenty reports from the Russia–Ukraine war, 2024–2026. Each is a lesson India can learn now — or pay for later.

4 in 5successful strikes now made by drones, say Ukrainian officials
1,000interceptor drones built every day in Ukraine
25,000ground robots planned in just six months
$10.5Bforecast for European defence startups in 2026

2026

Oct 2026Robots

Robots lead a counter-attack

Ukrainian units used heavy bomber drones and remote-controlled ground robots to push back Russian lines near Lyman, reportedly retaking about 176 sq km while keeping soldiers out of the first wave.

For IndiaThe first wave no longer has to be human. Robots lead; soldiers command.

Oct 2026Counter-drone

Soldiers move underground

Drones now watch the front so closely that troops near the line live, rest and travel below ground. Moving in the open has become the most dangerous thing a soldier can do.

For IndiaEvery post and every patrol needs its own shield against the sky.

Oct 2026Investment

Defence startups head for a record year

European defence startups are forecast to raise a record $10.5 billion in 2026. Drones and autonomous systems take the largest share of the money.

For IndiaCapital has followed the drone. India's own drone-defence industry is only beginning — and it must be home-grown.

May 2026Strike

Drones hit the fuel supply

Long-range drones struck 16 Russian refineries between January and May 2026, Reuters reported. One estimate puts nearly a third of Russia's refining capacity out of action.

For IndiaFuel, power and industry far from the border are now in range. Vital assets need defending too.

May 2026Robots

25,000 ground robots in six months

Ukraine plans to contract 25,000 ground robots in the first half of 2026 — twice its total for 2025 — to carry supplies, evacuate the wounded and take on assault tasks.

For IndiaThe supply run is one of the deadliest jobs at the front. Machines can carry that risk.

Mar 2026Training

Elite drone crews become prime targets

Russia set up an elite drone centre in 2024 to train crews and hunt supply routes. By 2026, Ukrainian special forces were striking its bases behind the line.

For IndiaThe best-trained drone crews now shape the whole front. Training is a weapon.

2026Strike

Four in five hits now come from drones

Ukraine's President says at least four in five successful strikes on Russian forces are now made by drones. Earlier official estimates put the share near 70%.

For IndiaThe drone is no longer a support weapon. It is the main weapon.

Jan 2026Training

1,000 interceptors a day — too few pilots

Ukraine now builds about 1,000 interceptor drones a day to stop long-range attack drones. Its President says the limit is no longer drones, but trained crews to fly them.

For IndiaMachines can be mass-produced. Skill cannot be bought overnight — it has to be trained.

2025

Dec 2025Counter-drone

Fibre-optic drones reach 50 km

Ukrainian makers report strikes at up to 50 km by drones that trail a hair-thin cable instead of a radio link. No signal means nothing to jam and little to detect.

For IndiaJamming alone will not protect a post. Defenders need a way to physically stop the drone.

Oct 2025Training

Shotguns return to basic training

Ukrainian recruits now practise hitting flying clay plates with shotguns as a last line of defence against attack drones. Basic training has added drone self-defence drills.

For IndiaEvery soldier — not just the specialist — now needs counter-drone drill.

Sep 2025Counter-drone

Europe plans a "drone wall"

After drones crossed into several EU countries, the EU announced plans for a network of sensors, jammers and interceptors along its eastern border.

For IndiaEven the richest militaries are racing to build drone defences. India must build its own.

Sep 2025Cost

Costly missiles, cheap decoys

When decoy drones crossed into Poland, fighter jets were scrambled and fired missiles reported to cost crores of rupees each at targets worth a small fraction of that.

For IndiaStopping a cheap drone with an expensive missile is a losing trade. Defence must cost less than the threat.

Sep 2025Scale

810 drones in one night

Russia launched more than 800 attack and decoy drones at Ukraine in a single night — then the largest drone raid of the war. Most were brought down; dozens still got through.

For IndiaDrones now come in hundreds. Defence has to be plentiful, not just precise.

Sep 2025Strike

Drones that carry drones

Both sides now fly "mothership" drones that carry smaller attack drones deep behind the line before releasing them, adding tens of kilometres of reach.

For IndiaRear areas are no longer safe. Depots and camps need close-in protection.

2025Scale

Ordered online, at the front in ten days

Ukrainian units earn points for confirmed strikes and spend them in a government online store. In six months they ordered 240,000 drones, with average delivery in about ten days.

For IndiaSpeed of supply is now a weapon. Makers at home can deliver that speed; imports cannot.

Jun 2025Strike

Drones from trucks hit bomber bases

Ukraine hid 117 drones in trucks and launched them beside four Russian airbases, some over 4,000 km away. Kyiv claimed 41 aircraft hit; later US estimates were lower.

For IndiaNo base is too far away. Airfields and depots need protection in their first hundred metres.

May 2025Autonomy

The machine finishes the last few hundred metres

Ukrainian strike drones now carry onboard vision that locks on to a target chosen by the pilot and completes the attack even if the radio link is jammed at the end.

For IndiaLet the robot lead: the soldier chooses the target, the machine finishes the job.

Apr 2025Counter-drone

A home-built laser burns drones

Ukraine showed a mobile laser, built by a local firm, that blinds drone cameras and has burned small attack drones in testing at up to about 900 metres.

For IndiaA laser shot costs very little. That is how to beat cheap drones at scale.

2024

Oct 2024Scale

Over a million strike drones in a year

Ukraine said it beat its 2024 target of one million small strike drones, alongside thousands of longer-range drones — almost all built at home.

For IndiaWhen drones are made by the million, the side that builds at home keeps up.

Source: Espreso ↗
Jun 2024Doctrine

Drones get their own branch

Ukraine launched its Unmanned Systems Forces — the first armed force in the world with a separate branch for drones. Russia announced its own later that year.

For IndiaDrones are no longer just equipment. They need their own training, doctrine and supply.

Summaries written by Craic Precision from public reporting. Figures are as reported by officials and media and are not independently verified. Source links open the original report.

What it means for India
Every lesson above was paid for in lives. India can learn them in training, with Indian systems — before the day they are needed.
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For partners & investors

India is re-arming for the drone age.
We build for it.

The figures on this page are public. Our own numbers, roadmap and specifications are shared under NDA.

Why now

The market is being built — in India, for India

₹2.19 lakh crdefence capital budget for 2026–27, up about 22% — with about 75% reserved for Indian industryIDSA ↗ · Raksha Anirveda ↗
₹9.01 lakh crfor defence and the central armed police forces together in 2026–27IDSA ↗ · PRS India ↗
Every battalionin the infantry now has a drone platoon, says the Army ChiefThe Week ↗
Every soldierto be made drone-ready under a new Army initiativeThe Tribune ↗
₹1,982 crin emergency contracts signed in June 2025, led by counter-drone systemsThe Tribune ↗
2022India banned imports of foreign drones, opening the field to Indian makersBusiness Standard ↗
₹1.51 lakh crrecord defence production in 2024–25; private-sector output up 28%The Tribune ↗
₹23,622 crdefence exports in 2024–25 — up 12% — with a national goal to grow them furtherThe Tribune ↗
What we have proved

Proven where it counts

Field-proven in Indian Army trialsDrone Bazooka · FPV Counter-Combat Training Kit · Advanced Tactical FPV Training Kit · Scout Rider
Active supply ordersFPV Counter-Combat Training Kit
Developed with the Indian ArmySniper Training Kit
ProvenRemote Weapon Platform
DPIIT-recognised startupUdyam-registered MSMERegistered seller on GeM100% Indigenous

On GeM, the government's own marketplace, government buyers can order from us directly.

How we grow

Every system starts a long relationship

01

Trial

Proven with soldiers, on Indian ground.

02

Order

Supplied through official channels, including GeM.

03

Train

Every system comes with a way to train on it.

04

Support & upgrade

Spares, service and upgrades for years after.

Why us

What is hard to copy

01

Built with soldiers.

Our systems are shaped in Army trials, not in a showroom.

02

Military advisory board.

Two Lieutenant Generals and seven more veteran officers guide what we build. Meet the team →

03

Made in India.

Fits the way India now buys: Indian-made first, imports last.

04

Doctrine first.

We build for the 100-metre war India will face. Read the doctrine →

Market figures are from public reports linked above. Craic Precision's own figures are not published.

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About

Indian battlefields deserve
Indian engineering.

Craic Precision builds autonomous & robotic defence technologies in India. Founded in 2023 in Bengaluru, we design autonomous, robotic and soldier-operated systems for counter-drone, training, tactical mobility and fire control.

Let the robot lead. You stay in control.

100% Indigenous
Our approach

Made in India, by design.

Parts and know-how that stay in India keep our systems ready when they are needed most. Our team of engineers, designers and field specialists works from Bengaluru, guided by veteran advisors. Meet the team →

Registrations
DPIIT Recognised Startup MSME / Udyam Registered GeM Listed Supplier DGQA Interaction Govt of Karnataka 100% Indigenous
The team

The people behind it

Founded 2023 · Bengaluru · 10+ people

Manu B Malagatti

Founder

Leads the company, its products and programmes.

Vinod Kumar

Co-Founder · CTO, Hardware

Leads hardware, electronics and mechanical engineering.

Arjun Bandi

Co-Founder · CTO, Software

Leads software, simulation and training systems.

Ashish Bansal

Chief Financial Officer

Leads finance, compliance and investor relations.

Mehirr Nath Choppra

Chief Growth Officer

Leads business development and partnerships.

Advisors

Basavaraj Y Malagatti

IPS (Retd) · Advisor, Government & Regulatory

Advises on regulation, licensing and government engagement.

Military advisory board

Lt Gen (Retd)Army training
Lt Gen (Retd)Army training
Col (Retd)Combat engineering
Col (Retd)Sniper training
Col (Retd)Artillery
Lt Col (Retd)Special forces
Lt Col (Retd)Intelligence
Lt Col (Retd)Infantry
Maj (Retd)Special forces

Advisory board members are listed by rank and specialism.

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Careers — Bengaluru

Build things that have to work.

Every role here is tied to a system our soldiers will use. Pick the product you want to build.

Counter-Drone

Drone Bazooka · Laser Weapon System

Drone Bazooka

Mechanical Design Engineer

Launcher and compressed-gas mechanism, designed for manufacture.

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Laser Weapon System

Laser & Optics Engineer

Laser source, beam control and thermal management.

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Drone Bazooka · Laser Weapon System

Embedded / Firmware Engineer

Fire-control electronics, sensors and safety interlocks.

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Counter-Drone systems

Test & Trials Engineer

Range testing, trial records and field support with users.

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Training

FPV Counter-Combat Kit · Advanced Tactical FPV Kit · Sniper Training Kit

FPV training kits

FPV Pilot & Instructor

Fly, teach and build drills for our FPV kits.

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Training systems

Simulation / Unity Developer

Simulators, scoring and after-action review software.

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FPV kits · Sniper Training Kit

Electronics Engineer (IR / MILES)

IR engagement hardware, hit sensors and hit confirmation.

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All training kits

Training Content Designer

Turn our kits into lesson plans and manuals. Service background preferred.

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Mobility & Fire Control

Scout Rider · Team Rider · Remote Weapon Platform · Advanced Weapon Optics

Scout Rider · Team Rider

Vehicle / Chassis Engineer

Frame, suspension, carts and rugged design.

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Remote Weapon Platform

Robotics & Control Engineer

Turret control, stabilisation and remote operation.

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Remote Weapon Platform · Advanced Weapon Optics

Computer Vision / AI Engineer

Detection and tracking for our optics and remote systems.

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Across all systems

Production · Quality · Supply chain

All systems

Production & Assembly Technician

Build, wire and test units on the shop floor.

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All systems

Quality & Documentation Engineer

Quality checks, test records and user manuals.

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All systems

Procurement & Supply Chain Executive

Indian vendors, parts sourcing and inventory.

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Early careers

Internships

For final-year students and recent graduates who want to build real defence hardware.

Training kits

Embedded & Electronics Intern

Work on boards and firmware with our engineers.

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Drone Bazooka · Scout Rider

Mechanical Design Intern

Design and test real parts.

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Training systems

Simulation Software Intern

Build tools and simulators used in training.

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FPV training kits

Drone Operations Intern

Learn to fly, maintain and test drones.

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Contact

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