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Nemi · UAS program

Engineering & manufacturing a drone powertrain.

The LMM engineered every core powertrain component, battery, motor, ESC and ground control unit, to build-to-spec standards, and pre-qualified in-house production for all of them, building a local supply chain for the customer's UAS program.

Illustration. Not the delivered airframe.

The Client

The customer is a Tier-1 defense manufacturer in India. It brought Nemi in as its build-to-spec design partner for this UAS program.

Tier-1Defense manufacturer
IndiaUAS program
4 moDevelopment time
4 / 4Components in-house
~20%Lower parts cost
The Brief

Localize the powertrain, production-ready.

Localize the drone's powertrain for production-ready manufacturing in India.

01

Build-to-spec

Engineer battery, motor, ESC and GCU to build-to-spec, production-ready standards.

02

Stand up supply

Set up production within Nemi for the customer to source from.

03

16 → 4 mo

4 months, against a typical 16-month period.

04

−20% BOM

Reduce BOM cost by 20% while matching benchmark performance.

What we did

Every core component, in-house.

Nemi engineered every core powertrain component to build-to-spec, production-ready standards, with in-house prototyping, test and production pre-qualification for each.

Battery

Battery pack & BMS

Anvil Mechanical & Electronic CAD generate the battery and BMS designs; in-house assembly to rapidly prototype and test.

Motor

Electromagnetics & mechanical

Motor customized and simulated from Anvil's motor-design library, with a custom motor test rig developed; in-house machining and motor manufacturing.

ESC

Electronic speed controller

Ruggedized controller with FOC firmware, throttle mapping and RPM matching, designed in Electronic CAD.

GCU

Ground control unit

Integrated power-delivery and retraction mechanism designed in Anvil; LMM-orchestrated prototyping and test.

Outcome vs benchmark

How the program moved the numbers.

MetricTypical market*Nemi
Development time16 months4 months
Component (BOM) costBaseline−20%

*Benchmarks are management’s estimates, based in part on data provided by the customer.

Outcome

Nemi engineered, validated and production pre-qualified every powertrain component, battery pack, motor, ESC and ground control unit, entirely in-house, establishing local supply capability, with IP ownership as agreed with the customer. Delivered in 4 months, against a typical 16-month market lead time, with a 20% BOM cost reduction.

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