Drone light shows are usually 8-10 minutes long during which they create 6-8 formations at an altitude of 50 metres.
NEW DELHI:
Indian drone companies
are now proving their mettle on the
global stage
.
Botlab Dynamics
, the IIT Delhi incubated drone startup that lit up Raisina Hill skies on Beating Retreat three years ago with a dazzling 1,000-drone light show, is now being selected to organise the same at previous events abroad. On Saturday (Jan 11), it did a 3,000-drone formation light show in Oman where the country was celebrating the fifth anniversary of Sultan Haitham bin Tarik’s leadership. The formations included a portrait of Tarik among others.
“BotLab Dynamics is expanding abroad with multiple bases being established across the Middle East. This solidifies us as one of the most active and innovative drone companies globally. We have hosted numerous large-scale drone light shows in Africa,” said an official. Last year it had organised 5,500-drone light show at the Ambani pre-wedding event last year.
Botlab Dynamics had in June 2022 organised a similar event in Djibouti for the East African country’s 45th independence day, making it the
largest drone light show
to be held in Africa at that time. “We were in competition with a French company for the event. Our quotation for organising an event with 800 drones matched the price offered by the French firm for a light show with 300 drones,” Sarita Ahlawat, one of the co-founders of Botlab Dynamics, had told TOI then.
Drone light shows are usually 8-10 minutes long during which they create 6-8 formations at an altitude of 50 metres. The Tokyo Olympics had a
drone light show
by Intel. Joe Biden-Kamal Harris victory four years ago was celebrated by a grand drone light show. Now Indian companies are getting on this bandwagon in a big way. Clearly, it’s time for lasers to make way for drone light shows as the new king of pyrotechnics.
