Who we are
Engineers from industry and research
Embedded systems, robotics, naval hardware and precision mechanical work, done by engineers who came to Vebix from industry and research labs.
Defence, subsea and UAV engineering · Pune, India
Hardware for
hard places.
We design and build UAV, underwater and defence hardware in Pune. We are also the authorised Indian distributor for Blu-Sub Mechatronics, Holybro and T-Motor.
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Defence / Subsea / Autonomous systems
Hardware delivered for the Indian Navy, ARDE and university research labs.
13
case studies, each with its own page
6
engineering services
3
manufacturers we distribute
Pune
shipping across India
ISO 9001:2015
MSME registered
Startup India
DPIIT recognised
IEC certified
Air, sea or ground
One team for the whole buildStart with where
it has to work.
Each environment leads to the engineering we do there and the parts we supply for it.
UAV / FLIGHT SYSTEMSIn the air
Custom UAV platforms, flight avionics and propulsion, from choosing the autopilot to integrating the finished aircraft.
SUBSEA / UNDERWATER SYSTEMSUnder water
Pressure housings, thrusters and sealed cable entries for ROV and AUV builds, chosen so every part holds the same depth.
ROBOTICS / INTEGRATED SYSTEMSOn the ground
Robotic arms, embedded controls and precision mechanical assemblies. The mechanics, electronics and software come from one team.
Selected work
Drones, data loggers and
naval cable assemblies.
Thirteen projects for defence trials, Indian Navy equipment and research labs. Some started from a blank page. One arrived broken. One we rebuilt from the part itself, because its drawings had been lost.
ARDE hexacopter
Six motors, 10 kg all up and up to 40 minutes in the air. Built to simulate fuze height, with waypoint navigation, return-to-home and encrypted two-way comms.
View project →
Naval cable hardware
Casings, flanges and couplings from a ship’s communication system, with no drawings anywhere. We measured the parts and drew them again.
View project →
Navy quadcopter, repaired
It came in with GNSS dropping out, a silent ground station and timestamps that disagreed. It went back logging properly.
View project →
Airborne data logger
RTD, thermocouple, IMU and pressure on one board. Up to 500 samples a second, down to −40 °C, under 100 grams.
View project →Six-axis arm on wheels
Six joints and a mobile base, driven from one MATLAB panel. Move a joint, watch it move and adjust, without editing code between attempts.
View project →
Submarine cable assembly
An imported assembly for submarine and torpedo systems. We reverse-engineered it, redesigned it for Indian manufacture and pressure- and insulation-tested the result.
View project →Services
What you can hire
us to build.
A drone that logs flight data is a mechanical, electrical, firmware and control problem at once. We cover all four in one team, so nothing gets lost between them.
Defence electronics
Measurement, monitoring and control hardware for equipment that has to work outside a lab, with the documentation defence programmes ask for.
Defence electronics →ROV and AUV engineering
Frames, pressure housings, propulsion, sealing and payload for underwater vehicles and instrumented subsea platforms.
Underwater vehicles →UAV and drone engineering
Airframe, propulsion, flight systems, telemetry and payload, taken from prototype through field testing.
UAV engineering →Data acquisition
Sensor interfacing, signal conditioning, logging hardware and the software that turns a trial’s raw data into results.
Data acquisition →Cable harness assemblies
Rugged electrical and fibre-optic cable systems for naval and defence equipment, including Indian-made replacements for imported assemblies.
Cable harnesses →Embedded systems
Electronics, firmware, sensors, actuators and operator controls brought together into one working machine.
Embedded integration →How we work
A small team that
builds its own hardware.
What leaves this building is hardware: welded, wired, sealed and tested.
How a job runs
From requirement to drawings
You tell us what it has to do. We work out the mechanics, electronics and control, then hand back CAD models, manufacturing drawings and the tests that prove it works.
What we get asked for
Replacing an imported part
Many jobs start with a part that has to come from abroad. We measure it, model it, check the material and design an equivalent that can be made in India.
Where it has to work
Built for the environment
Submarine and torpedo systems. Communications aboard a ship. Instrumentation at −40 °C. The environment fixes most of the design before anyone starts drawing.
Who we work with
A university and three manufacturers
Joint research and prototyping with MIT-ADT University, Pune. Manufacturing through Gandharva Engineers, Shravani Engineers and Kyue Measurement & Control.
Parts
Three manufacturers we
distribute in India.
We are the authorised Indian distributor for all three, so every part comes with an engineer you can ask about it. Prices, stock and ordering are in our shop at vebixautomation.com.
Subsea
Blu-Sub Mechatronics
Thrusters, housings, penetrators and connectors rated to 300 metres: the parts an ROV is built from.
Blu-Sub in the shop →
UAV avionics
Holybro
Pixhawk autopilots, GNSS, telemetry radios and power modules, plus development kits to build on.
Holybro in the shop →
UAV propulsion
T-Motor
Motors, speed controllers and propellers. We help you choose them as a set, because a motor, ESC and propeller picked separately often leave a build short of thrust.
T-Motor in the shop →Building a whole vehicle?
Put a 300 metre thruster on a 100 metre housing and you have a 100 metre vehicle. The parts have to match each other, and these two guides show how to choose them together.
Guides
Engineering notes
from the bench.
Selection guides and worked calculations for subsea, UAV and defence hardware, each with its sources listed.
How to size an underwater thruster for an ROVThrust per unit, thruster count and margin, worked from drag, target speed and vectoring angle.Subsea systems →
Pixhawk 6C, 6C Mini, 6X or 6X ProWhich flight controller to choose, and the exact variant to put on the order.UAV avionics →
Military cable harness testing checklistContinuity, insulation resistance, screening, optical loss and the paperwork for acceptance.Defence engineering →
Get in touch
Tell us what you
are building.
Tell us what it has to do, where it has to survive and when you need it. If you are buying parts, send the part number and quantity. We reply within one working day.