Terra Drone Indonesia

What Terra Drone Indonesia does

Terra Drone Indonesia is a Bandung-based, private drone services and training subsidiary of Terra Drone Corporation (Japan), founded in 2016 with a headcount of 11-50 employees. The company's principal commercial offering is the Terra Academy initiative, which delivers practical drone training programs in partnership with Indonesian educational institutions and focuses on certifying operators for E16 and D16 drone platforms used in agricultural pest control applications targeting palm oil plantations.

The company's service stack centers on hands-on drone operation training rather than the development of proprietary software or autonomous systems. Technology specialization is concentrated on the E16 and D16 drone platforms configured for plantation-scale pest control, and the company's competitive position rests on domain expertise in the palm oil vertical combined with direct institutional access via MoU partnerships — notably with Politeknik Kelapa Sawit Citra Widya Edukasi (Poltek CWE) and Universitas Dirgantara Marsekal Suryadarma (Unsurya). The training offering is positioned to address Indonesia's shortage of certified agricultural drone operators rather than to compete in the broader commercial drone services market.

Commercially, Terra Drone Indonesia operates as a single-country entity serving Indonesian customers through enterprise field sales targeting universities, polytechnics, and palm oil plantation operators. Revenue mechanics are tied to professional services delivered through Terra Academy, with no publicly disclosed pricing or contract values. The company has no independent funding rounds, capital structure disclosures, or expansion outside Indonesia documented in the input, and its strategic direction is shaped largely by its parent company's broader mandate to cultivate drone industry talent in Southeast Asia.

Name

Terra Drone Indonesia

Website

https://terra-drone.co.id

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Terra Drone Indonesia is a Bandung-based subsidiary of Japan's Terra Drone Corporation that delivers practical drone training through its Terra Academy, partnering with Indonesian universities to certify E16 and D16 operators for agricultural pest control in palm oil plantations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Drone Services

NAICS

Flight Training (611512)

akta.pro primary industry

Aerial Pesticide/Herbicide/Fungicide Application (AFACAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Drone/UAS Application Services (Spraying, Spreading, Seeding) (AFACAIAB), Aerial Surveying & Crop Scouting (Imaging, Mapping, Stand Counts) (AFACAIAJ)

Keywords

• Commercial drone services
• Aerial surveying solutions
• Drone inspection services
• Agricultural drone operations
• Drone pilot training

Headquarters

HQ city

Bandung

HQ country

Indonesia

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Drone Training Programs: Practical drone training programs delivered through Terra Academy initiative in partnership with Indonesian universities and polytechnics. Programs focus on developing skilled drone operators for the agricultural sector, specifically for pest control operations in palm oil plantations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Terra Drone Indonesia provides commercial drone technology applications including surveys and consulting, inspections, geophysical surveys, and surveillance for enterprise clients. The company is currently scaling its Terra Academy initiative, which delivers practical drone operator training programs (including E16 and D16 certification) through partnerships with Indonesian universities and polytechnics, with specialization in agricultural pest control applications for palm oil plantations.

Product overview

Terra Drone Indonesia operates primarily through its Terra Academy initiative, which provides practical drone training programs. The offering focuses on training drone operators for agricultural applications, specifically using E16 and D16 drones for pest control operations in palm oil plantations. The partnerships with Politeknik Kelapa Sawit Citra Widya Edukasi (Poltek CWE) and Universitas Dirgantara Marsekal Suryadarma (Unsurya) enable delivery of hands-on drone operation training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Terra Academy: Training initiative of Terra Drone Indonesia delivering practical drone training programs, including E16 and D16 drone operations for agricultural applications such as pest control in palm oil plantations.

Products and services

• Drone Surveys & Consulting
• Drone Inspections
• Geophysical Surveys
• Drone Surveillance
• Terra Academy
• Agricultural Pest Control Operations Drone-based pest control operations using E16 and D16 platforms specifically configured for palm oil plantation applications, delivered to agricultural enterprise clients.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Politeknik Kelapa Sawit Citra Widya Edukasi (Poltek CWE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTerra Drone Indonesia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Politeknik Kelapa Sawit Citra Widya Edukasi (Poltek CWE) to deliver practical drone training programs through the Terra Academy initiative. The partnership aims to develop skilled drone operators for the agricultural sector, including E16 and D16 drone operations for pest control in palm oil plantations.
• Universitas Dirgantara Marsekal Suryadarma (Unsurya)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTerra Drone Indonesia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Universitas Dirgantara Marsekal Suryadarma (Unsurya) to deliver practical drone training programs through the Terra Academy initiative. The partnership aims to develop skilled drone operators for the agricultural sector, including E16 and D16 drone operations for pest control in palm oil plantations.
• Terra Drone CorporationcoreOthersTerra Drone Corporation, headquartered in Japan, is the parent company of Terra Drone Indonesia. The parent company announced these partnerships as part of broader efforts to cultivate talent for Indonesia's growing drone industry.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Garuda Robotics: Indonesia-based drone services company offering aerial surveys, inspections, and agricultural drone applications. Closely comparable as a fellow Indonesian drone services provider serving overlapping agricultural and industrial customer segments.
• XAG: Global agricultural drone manufacturer and service provider specializing in crop spraying, seeding, and precision agriculture across Asia. Comparable in agricultural drone operations focus, though XAG is also a hardware OEM.
• Delair: Drone hardware and services company serving agriculture, surveying, and inspection markets globally. Comparable as a full-stack drone solutions provider for agricultural use cases.
• Aerodyne Group: Malaysia-headquartered drone-based enterprise solutions provider with strong agricultural and infrastructure inspection offerings across Southeast Asia. Directly comparable to Terra Drone Indonesia in operating model (drone services + training) and regional focus on palm-oil-heavy geographies.
• senseFly (Parrot): Provider of fixed-wing drone solutions for agriculture, surveying, and inspection. Comparable in agricultural drone applications and aerial surveying/crop scouting workflow.
• PrecisionHawk: Drone-based data collection and analytics provider for agriculture and infrastructure. Comparable in drone-enabled agricultural services and aerial surveying/crop scouting offerings.

Broad incumbents

• DJI Agriculture: Agricultural arm of the world's largest commercial drone manufacturer, offering spraying and spreading drone platforms (including Agras series comparable to E16/D16 platforms). Indirect competitor as the upstream hardware ecosystem that also defines operator training requirements.
• Terra Drone Corporation: Japanese parent company of Terra Drone Indonesia operating globally across surveying, inspection, and agricultural drone services. Comparable as the broader incumbent parent group with overlapping service lines and the source of the Indonesia entity's capabilities.

Regional players

• SkyX Limited: Asia-focused drone services provider for infrastructure inspection, surveying, and asset management. Comparable in drone-enabled inspection and surveying offerings, though serving different verticals.

Emerging players

• Aero360 (Indonesia drone training providers collectively): Indonesian drone training and certification academy focused on producing licensed commercial drone pilots. Comparable in the drone training/certification business model targeting Indonesian students and operators.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TerraDrone_ID
• Facebookfacebook.com/terradroneid

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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