Mistral Solutions

Name

Mistral Solutions

Legal name

Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Website

https://mistralsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Mistral Solutions is a Bangalore-headquartered embedded product design and engineering company serving defense (HAL, DRDO, BEL) and commercial (automotive, industrial, hyperscaler) clients with chip-to-product services, SOMs, mmWave RADAR modules, and edge AI platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Embedded Systems Design and Defence Electronics

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336419)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Radar Systems & Subsystems (Airborne, Ground, Naval) (IMABAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) & Multirotor Drones (IMABAIAA), Spacecraft Avionics, Flight Computers & Software (IMABACAI), Avionics Test, Simulation & Calibration Equipment (IMABAFAN)

Keywords

• Embedded product design
• Defense electronics manufacturing
• System on modules
• Mmwave radar modules
• Edge AI platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Embedded Product Design & Development Services: End-to-end embedded product design and development services for BTS (build-to-specification) and BTP (build-to-print) engagements with global customers in Aerospace & Defense and ESAI verticals
2. Product Sales: Sale of embedded system modules including SOMs, RADAR modules, development kits, and accessories through web store and direct sales
3. Defense Electronics Manufacturing: Production orders for defense avionics including Single Board Computers, Mission Computers, and Smart Multifunction Displays for HAL LCA Mk1A programme
4. Testing and Validation Services: Multi-year contracts for audio product testing at Acoustic Lab including spatial audio processing, noise cancellation, and AI integration

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Mistral Solutions is a chip-to-product embedded design and system engineering company providing end-to-end services and proprietary hardware products for Aerospace & Defense and Electronics, Semiconductor & AI verticals. It delivers custom hardware (board, FPGA, RF/antenna), embedded software (firmware, BSP, RTOS, signal processing), system integration, verification, and turnkey production, alongside its own branded System on Modules, mmWave RADAR modules, edge AI development kits, COTS defense boards, and homeland-security drone systems. Customers include HAL, DRDO, BEL, Axon Enterprise, Stratacache, Samsung, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, NVIDIA, and hyperscalers.

Product overview

Mistral Solutions is a Chip-to-Product company providing end-to-end embedded product design and development services with two primary business verticals: Aerospace & Defense (A&D) and Electronics, Semiconductor & AI (ESAI). The product portfolio spans SOM modules (MRD8550 SOM, MRD5165 SOM, SnapDragon 820 Nano SOM, AM65x Industrial SOM), development platforms (MRD8550 Merlin Kit, MRD5165 Eagle Kit, Edge AI-Box, Jetson Neuron Board, AI-SFK Lite), mmWave radar modules (77GHz Automotive, 60GHz Industrial AoPCB and AoP variants), and defense electronics (COTS boards, VPX modules, counter-drone systems). The ESAI division focuses on automotive, industrial, healthcare, consumer, semiconductor, and hyperscaler applications, while A&D provides RADAR systems, SONAR systems, electronic warfare, airborne telemetry, and homeland security solutions including tactical drones.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MRD8550 SOM High-performance System on Module based on Qualcomm QCS8550 with 48 TOPS AI performance, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.3 and up to 5 concurrent cameras; designed for edge AI, autonomous machines and industrial drone OEMs.
• MRD5165 SOM System on Module based on Qualcomm QRB5165 with 15 TOPS AI performance, 5G support and up to 6 concurrent cameras; targeting smart robots, autonomous drones and intelligent machines across consumer, enterprise, defence and industrial sectors.
• MRD8550 Merlin Kit Aero Intelligent Edge Controller combining the Qualcomm QCS8550 AI/ML platform (48 TOPS) with a CubePilot CubeOrange+ Flight Control Unit, up to 8 cameras, and 5G/Wi-Fi 7 connectivity, for industrial drones, autonomous retail robots and edge AI gateways.
• MRD5165 Eagle Kit High-end aerial robot controller integrating Qualcomm QRB5165 AI/ML with an independent CubePilot flight controller, supporting 6 cameras and VSLAM for advanced autonomous drones.
• Edge AI-Box Compact edge AI engine built around the Qualcomm QRB5165 SOC (15 TOPS), supporting 6 concurrent cameras, 5G/LTE, Ubuntu and ROS for robotics and industrial AI applications.
• SnapDragon 820 Nano SOM Ultra-compact (51mm x 26mm) System on Module based on the Qualcomm SnapDragon 820, with 4K encode/decode, 9-axis MEMS and USB Type-C, targeted at wearables, drones and medical devices.
• AM65x Industrial SOM Compact System on Module based on the Texas Instruments AM6548 with quad-core ARM Cortex-A53, dual Cortex-R5F, DDR4 ECC and Time-Sensitive Networking, for industrial programmable controllers and factory automation.
• 77GHz AoPCB Automotive RADAR Module Automotive mmWave RADAR on Module with Antenna on PCB built around TI AWR1843 ES2.0 FMCW sensor, supporting 76-81 GHz with 4 RX / 3 TX channels, built-in calibration and a C674x DSP for ADAS and collision warning.
• 60GHz Industrial mmWave RADAR AoPCB Module Industrial mmWave RADAR on Module based on the Texas Instruments IWR6843 ES2.0 sensor (60-64 GHz) available in Tapered 3E or ODS 1E antenna configurations with CAN/UART/SPI interfaces for low-power industrial sensing.
• 60GHz Industrial mmWave RADAR AoP Module Ultra-compact industrial mmWave RADAR on Module with Antenna-on-Package based on the IWR6843AoP ES2.0 sensor (46.25 x 15.76 mm), integrating the antenna to reduce RF PCB design effort and cost.
• DCP1000 Radar Data Capture and Playback Card Compact radar data capture and playback card built on the Lattice CertusPro-NX FPGA with DDR4, capturing raw ADC data from mmWave radar modules over LVDS and streaming to host over Gigabit Ethernet, supporting hardware-in-the-loop radar testing.
• NVIDIA Jetson Neuron Board Feature-rich NVIDIA Jetson carrier board compatible with Jetson Nano, TX2 NX and Xavier NX SoMs, available in NB Basic and NB Turbo variants with Ethernet, CSI, USB, HDMI, M.2 and mmWave RADAR support for AI and video analytics.
• AI Sensor Fusion Kit Lite (AI-SFK Lite) Integrated camera vision and mmWave RADAR fusion platform based on the NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX, providing real-time object detection and classification with RADAR range, velocity and elevation data for ADAS, autonomous vehicles, robotics, smart retail and smart city.
• Agilex 9 Direct RF 3U VPX Module SOSA-aligned 3U VPX processing module built around an Altera Agilex 9 Direct RF FPGA with 64 GSps ADC/DAC, designed for radar, SIGINT and electronic warfare applications requiring ultra-low latency mission-critical signal processing.
• COTS Defense Boards Commercial Off-The-Shelf defence boards for mission-critical and safety-critical applications, including backplanes, signal processing engines, FPGA engines, GPU engines, I/O boards, rugged graphics and video, single board computers and switches/routers.
• Counter-Drone Systems Counter-drone systems for detecting and neutralizing unauthorised drones, used by homeland-security and defence customers in India.
• Xherpa Heavy Payload Drone Heavy-payload drone system used for homeland-security and tactical operations including surveillance and cargo delivery.
• Kite Tethered Drone System Tethered drone system for persistent surveillance and communications relay in homeland-security and tactical operations.
• Mobile C4ISR Platforms Mobile Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) platforms for defence, homeland security and VIP-protection missions.
• Embedded Product Design Services End-to-end embedded product design services delivered under build-to-spec (BTS) and build-to-print (BTP) engagement models for aerospace, defence, automotive, industrial, healthcare and consumer customers.
• System Engineering and Production Support System engineering, software, FPGA, hardware board and RF/antenna design services plus QA/verification, DO-178B/C, DO-254, DO-160 and FCC/CE certification testing, and production / product-lifecycle support.
• Acoustic Lab Testing and Validation Services Multi-year audio product testing and validation services at Mistral's Bengaluru Acoustic Lab, covering spatial audio processing, noise-cancellation silicon validation and AI integration for hyperscaler customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 150+ commercially deployed products
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability16 records

Feature14 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• SiMa.aicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2026Strategic partnership announced at Drone International Expo 2026 in New Delhi to develop AI-powered autonomous drone reference platform. Collaboration combines Mistral's embedded systems expertise with SiMa.ai's Physical AI platform for sensor fusion, GPS-denied navigation, obstacle detection, and agentic mission planning at sub-10W power. Joint reference design targeting drone OEMs and system integrators to be available in Q3 2026
• IndrastrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025Agreement with AXISCADES to boost production capabilities for defense and aerospace applications
• QualcommcoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic technology partner for Snapdragon-based System on Modules, development kits, and embedded solutions including MRD8550, MRD5165, and SnapDragon 820 platforms
• Texas InstrumentscoreTechnology or IntegrationLong-standing collaboration with TI for mmWave radar modules (60GHz, 77GHz) based on AWR and IWR sensor families, and AM65x Industrial SOM
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartner for Jetson-based carrier boards including Neuron Base Board and AI Sensor Fusion Kit for AI and deep learning applications
• Intel (Altera)strategicTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for Agilex 9 Direct RF 3U VPX Module and FPGA design services for defense computing solutions
• Lattice SemiconductorstrategicTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for DCP1000 Radar Data Capture and Playback Card built on CertusPro-NX FPGA
• Curtiss Wright Defense SolutionsstrategicTechnology or IntegrationDefense solutions partnership for rugged computing and COTS products
• CubePilotstrategicTechnology or IntegrationIntegration of CubePilot CubeOrange+ Flight Control Unit in Merlin Kit and Eagle Kit platforms for aerial robot applications

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• HCLTech: Global IT services and engineering firm with embedded systems, semiconductor, and aerospace/defense capabilities. Comparable to Mistral's embedded engineering services and silicon ecosystem partnerships, though far broader in scope and scale.
• Mercury Systems: US-based defense electronics company specializing in mission-critical processing, RF/microwave, and sensor subsystems. Comparable to Mistral's defense avionics, VPX/SOSA modules, and radar/signal processing work, but at much larger scale and with US defense prime customers.
• Kontron: European embedded computing and IoT solutions provider serving industrial, medical, and defense markets. Comparable to Mistral's SOM modules and embedded computing products, though broader portfolio and global scale.
• Wipro Engineering: Global IT and engineering services major with embedded product engineering and aerospace/defense practice. Comparable to Mistral's BTS/BTP services, hardware/software design, and large-scale embedded engineering delivery, but at materially larger scale and broader scope.

Direct peers

• Aequs: Indian aerospace and defense manufacturing and design services company with BTS/BTP capabilities. Comparable in services model, defense customer base, and Make-in-India positioning to Mistral.
• Data Patterns (India): Indian defense electronics company specializing in radar, electronic warfare, avionics, and COTS subsystems. Closely comparable to Mistral's defense avionics, signal processing, and radar electronics work for DRDO, HAL, and BEL.
• Astra Microwave Products: Indian RF/microwave and radar subsystem manufacturer serving defense and aerospace markets. Directly comparable to Mistral's mmWave RADAR modules and radar subsystem work for Indian defense programs.
• Centum Electronics: Indian embedded systems and defense electronics company providing design, manufacturing, and testing for aerospace, defense, and industrial customers. Direct comparable to Mistral's BTS/BTP services, radar subsystems, and mission-critical electronics business, with similar certifications and customer base.
• Dynamatic Technologies: Indian precision engineering and aerospace/defense company supplying mission-critical assemblies and systems. Comparable in providing embedded and mission-critical subsystems for Indian and global aerospace/defense customers.
• Cyient: Global engineering services and embedded systems company with strong aerospace and defense exposure. Comparable to Mistral in BTS/BTP design services, avionics, and embedded product development across global OEMs and defense primes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/Mistralsolutions
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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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