Airbound, a Bengaluru-based aerospace company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation (APDC) to develop a scalable drone delivery network across the Amaravati Capital Region, marking a significant step towards building aerial logistics infrastructure in India. The MoU was signed between Geetanjali Sharma, Managing Director & Chairman, Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation, and Naman Pushp, Founder & CEO, Airbound, in the presence of Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu.
The collaboration reflects Andhra Pradesh’s ambition to emerge as a global hub for drone-led innovation and advanced logistics. Under the proposed Amaravati Capital Region Drone Delivery Network (ACR DDN), Airbound will work with stakeholders across healthcare, logistics, and e-commerce to enable drone operations connecting Amaravati, Vijayawada, and Guntur.
Operations are expected to begin in Guntur, with both parties targeting 10,000 daily drone flights across Andhra Pradesh over the coming year. At this scale, the network could become one of the largest commercial drone delivery ecosystems globally.
The initiative will be supported by Airbound’s blended-wing-body tailsitter aircraft built from lightweight carbon fiber. Weighing 1.5 kg, the TRT platform offers a payload ratio of 1.5:1, significantly outperforming the industry standard of 4:1. Designed for large-scale aerial logistics, the system is capable of reducing delivery costs by up to 20 times compared to conventional methods, while ensuring faster and more reliable access across diverse geographies.
The collaboration is expected to improve the movement of healthcare supplies, commercial goods, and critical deliveries, while strengthening mid-mile connectivity across urban and semi-urban regions. It is also likely to drive investment, ecosystem development, employment generation, and innovation within the state’s emerging drone economy.
Commenting on the partnership, Geetanjali Sharma said: “With this MoU, Airbound is not just launching a new mode of delivery; they are laying the foundations of a new logistics architecture for Andhra Pradesh. Airbound’s technology, combined with our focus on advanced infrastructure, will ensure that residents and businesses across Amaravati, Vijayawada, and Guntur experience the benefits of drone-enabled services early. Together, our goal is simple: make Andhra Pradesh one of the best places in the world to build, test, and scale the future of logistics.”
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu stated, “Airbound’s trajectory shows what India is capable of in next-generation aviation. By partnering with a home-grown company to build one of the world’s largest drone delivery networks, Andhra Pradesh is demonstrating that cutting-edge technology can be designed, built, and scaled in India delivering real connectivity, jobs, and growth for our people.”
Naman Pushp, Founder & CEO, Airbound, added, “India is at an inflection point in logistics and aerial mobility, and Andhra Pradesh has both the ambition and the enabling environment to lead this transition at scale. With this partnership, we’re not adding one more delivery option, we’re changing the physics of how goods move. Today, logistics is built around the movement of people and vehicles; our goal is to build a network where drones move single packages point to point with the efficiency of a 20-ton truck. When we make that work in Amaravati, Vijayawada, and Guntur, it becomes a template for how cities and states across India can treat drone delivery as shared infrastructure that anyone can plug into, not something reserved for a handful of large players.”
With this collaboration, Airbound aims to build one of India’s most ambitious drone logistics networks, with delivery costs as low as 10p per kilometre. The phased rollout will include pilot operations, route mapping, ecosystem partnerships, regulatory coordination, and the gradual development of interconnected drone corridors across the Amaravati Capital Region.
