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AstraSky // Aerospace & Defense Directorate

The Architects of Sovereign Autonomous Flight.

An engineering team of aerospace aerodynamicists, flight software developers, systems architects, and precision manufacturing specialists building sovereign carrier-launched strike drones and autonomous guidance systems.

18+
Specialized Engineers
Aerospace, autonomy, systems infrastructure & verification
0 dB
EMCON Architecture
RF-silent passive navigation & high-speed edge compute
100%
Sovereign IDDM
Indigenous defense design, software stack & intellectual property
Aerospace Engineering & Operations

Founders Directorate

Leadership guiding AstraSky’s aerospace engineering, production scaling, and operational strategy.

FOUNDER & HEAD OF OPERATIONS // SYSTEMS & EXECUTION DIRECTORATE
Raghvendra Patel

Raghvendra Patel

Founder and Head of Operations

Founder and Head of Operations directing aerospace manufacturing, supply chain coordination, delivery pipelines, and day-to-day company execution. Leads cross-functional engineering teams through complex production milestones while managing strategic partnerships and defense stakeholder relations.

Core Responsibilities
Aerospace Manufacturing Supply Chain Operations Production Delivery Cross-Functional Leadership Defense Partnerships Strategic Operations
CO-FOUNDER // AVIONICS & FLIGHT SOFTWARE LEAD
Mohit Vashistha

Mohit Vashistha

Co-Founder & Chief Systems Architect

Co-Founder directing autonomous flight control, embedded avionics, and real-time guidance software. Leads the engineering of onboard optical navigation, sensor fusion, and target tracking architectures operating under heavy electronic countermeasures.

Core Responsibilities
Autonomous Flight Software Embedded Guidance & Avionics 6-DoF Control Laws Passive Optical Tracking Inertial & MagNav Navigation Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation
Avionics & Guidance Directorate
Enterprise & Technical Execution

Executive Leadership

Specialized directors driving mission-critical information technology, high-assurance infrastructure, global defense talent acquisition, and aerostructures execution.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP // HEAD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Purav Rag

Purav Rag

Head of IT // Systems & Infrastructure Architect
Frankfurt, Germany · 10+ Years International Experience

Head of Information Technology directing AstraSky AI’s enterprise IT landscape, mission-critical software foundations, cloud architecture, and technical product delivery. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, with over a decade of systems engineering leadership across Germany, New Zealand, and India, including high-assurance environments (Deutsche Bundesbank, European Banking Authority, Accenture). Commands vast architectural range spanning Azure cloud platforms, scalable data pipelines, secure service boundaries, enterprise IT resilience, regtech compliance, and disciplined automated software engineering. Directs AstraSky AI's enterprise IT operations, security protocols, system observability, and cross-border delivery infrastructure.

Core Competencies & Architectural Range
Enterprise IT Strategy & Administration Cloud & Azure Platform Architecture Mission-Critical Backend Services Data Movement & Integration Pipelines Systems Observability & CI/CD High-Assurance Security & Compliance Full-Stack Product Delivery Automated Systems Verification
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP // HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Jyoti Gaikwad

Jyoti Gaikwad

Head of Human Resources // People & Talent Operations
Global Defense Talent Acquisition & People Strategy

Head of Human Resources leading global people operations, defense talent acquisition, and organizational development at AstraSky AI. Directs engineering workforce planning, executive recruitment, and multidisciplinary talent onboarding across India, the UAE, the United States, and Canada. Builds and scales high-performance teams across transonic aerodynamics, on-edge neural computing, avionics, and composite manufacturing. Drives engineering culture, performance management, retention frameworks, and cross-border HR compliance to support AstraSky AI's mission and rapid scaling.

Core Competencies & People Strategy
Global Defense Talent Acquisition People Operations & Organizational Scaling Cross-Border HR Compliance (India, UAE, US, Canada) Aerospace & Defense Systems Recruitment Culture, Retention & Performance Frameworks Workforce Planning & Team Onboarding
Engineering Creed // How We Build

Our Operational Engineering Principles

The core doctrinal tenets that guide every line of code and every composite ply laid across the Trinetra X program.

01 // EMCON ALPHA

Zero RF Dependency

No drones tethered to vulnerable high-power SATCOM dishes. We build systems that navigate and engage with absolute electromagnetic silence on edge.

02 // ASYMMETRIC ECONOMICS

16x Cost Advantage

Targeting replacement of $200M imported strategic ISR platforms with $12.5M sovereign kinetic assets. Asymmetric economics ensure India commands overwhelming maritime inventory depth.

03 // CO-DESIGN CONVERGENCE

Hardware-Software Union

The airframe, guidance software, and avionics are engineered together. Flight dynamics, optical tracking models, and composite structures are built in lockstep.

04 // SOVEREIGN STRATEGY

Zero Foreign Black-Boxes

100% IDDM compliant. Sovereign flight control software, domestic composites, and non-ITAR propulsion give defense leadership complete strategic autonomy.

People & Talent Directorate // Directed by Jyoti Gaikwad

Build Sovereign Defense Technology at the Frontier.

Our global people operations and talent strategy are directed by Jyoti Gaikwad (Head of Human Resources). We are actively recruiting elite engineers and researchers across transonic aerodynamics, on-edge neural computing, enterprise IT infrastructure, and composite manufacturing.

Embedded Guidance Software Engineers Transonic BWB Aerodynamicists Enterprise IT & Infrastructure Engineers Embedded RTOS / Jetson Engineers Composite Aerostructure FEA Leads Naval Guidance & MagNav Specialists
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