594% revenue jump, a million missions: ideaForge's Ankit Mehta on powering India's drone story

Ankit Mehta, co-founder and CEO of ideaForge, talks about how his drones have completed over 2 million missions in counter-terrorism and insurgency operations across India's most challenging terrains. He explains how that battle-tested experience is now powering ideaForge's global ambitions, including a landmark training exercise with the Royal Canadian Air Force and German forces in March 2026. He also addresses the company's 594% revenue jump in FY26, the shift from net loss to profit, India's Rs 20,000 crore drone procurement pipeline, and the risks of over-reliance on a single client.

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