TRAILBLAZERS

TRAILBLAZERS Shaking up the Skies Indian Innovators in Global Aerospace





““ We have indigenised a lot of things; however, the idea remained elsewhere. With iDEX and the Defence India Startup Challenge, an effort is being made to indigenise everything in defence. It is up to the Startups to literally pound us with all their innovative ideas. You will never have the grievance that they are not being responded to. You have never had it better. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN Raksha Mantri Govt. of India

Foreword

Message From Secretary, Dept. of Defence Production With over 20,000 active startups and nearly USD 10 Billion of funding annually, India is one of the hotspots of startups in the world. These startups have fuelled innovation, development, deployment, and commercialisation of new products, processes and services driven by technology and intellectual property. Defence and Aerospace are areas which have been on the frontier of innovation and it has been Government’s effort to bring the vibrant startup ecosystem to work closely with defence and aerospace. Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX), launched by Department of Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence in April 2018, has created huge interest in startup community to work in this reclusive sector. The Defence India Startup Challenges have brought over 500 startups which are today active in this space. The iDEX Partner Incubators have enabled Department of Defence Production to reach out to startups in all nooks and corners of the country. The progress has been extremely heartening and encouraging. I foresee Indian startups marching strongly to occupy a place of pride in the innovation advancement in the global defence and aerospace sector. On the occasion of Aero India 2019, this Coffee Table Book celebrates the promise of startups dedicated to the Aerospace sector in India. DR. AJAY KUMAR, IAS Secretary, Dept. of Defence Production Min. of Defence, Govt. of India

Enterprises Startups 01 Alpha Design Technologies 01 AeroSense 13 Terrero Mobility 02 Dynamatic Technologies 02 Optimized Electrotech 14 Skylark Drones 03 QMax 03 Combat Robotics 15 Sastra Robotics 04 Asteria Aerospace 04 NOPO 16 Airpix 05 ideaForge 05 Parallax 17 Scapic 06 Metallic Bellows 06 Astrome 18 Agnikul 07 Polyhose India 07 Garudan 19 NeeWee 08 Jayasuriya Aero 08 General Aeronautics 20 Bellatrix Aerospace 09 Aerospace Engineers 09 Stelae Technologies 21 Tonbo Imaging 10 LMW 10 Manastu Space 22 HUViAiR 11 MELSS 11 Aarav Unmanned Systems 23 3rdiTech & Galactica.ai 12 Lucid Software 12 Dimension NXG 24 FabHeads

Enterprises

www.adtl.co.in India’s leading Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Defence Technologies One among the most reputed defence R&D, A comprehensive portfolio of defence grade Provider manufacturing, systems integration and offset products covering Opto-Electronics (Laser management companies in India, ALPHA is a fast enabled Target Acquisition Systems, Night with fully integrated R&D, growing defence electronics & avionics Vision (II & Thermal) Imaging Systems) design, development, organisation for design and manufacturing, Electronics Warfare Systems (Missile Launch manufacturing, and lifecycle founded with the vision to support the Make In Detection Systems & Missile Approach maintenance services cutting India initiative. Warning System), Aerospace Assembly (Radar, across diverse areas of products Fuselage, Antenna systems & Pilon), Software with strong international partner Leadership and management donned by armed Defined Radios, Satellite communications, and network and global market forces veterans with rich expertise in the design, RF/Microwave systems. presence manufacturing, and on-field commissioning and maintenance of RADAR, satellite communication, Thermal Imaging Fire Control 08 electro optics, software defined radios, guided Systems (TIFCS) missiles systems. Their broad portfolio of core technologies and systems have achieved broad A long range system designed for high adoption in the Indian defence platforms such as accuracy & rapid target engagement in all Battle Tanks, Ships, Fighter aircraft, Helicopters, combat scenarios. It is optimal for both day & UAVs, Simulators, Avionics equipment, Tactical night; stationary and on-the-move operations. Communication Eqpt and Satellite Communication. It is a compact, robust, modular, user friendly Gunner sight of a tank. Software Defined Radio (SDR) SDR is a multi-channel, multi-band, multiple waveform product covering HF & L bands. These radios are compatible for airborne as well as ground platforms and legacy radio systems. Management C.M. Basappa Capt.(Retd.) T.N. Pranesha R. Ramachandra Murthy Senior Vice President Senior Vice President Senior Vice President Col.(Retd) H.S. Shankar (Production) (Software) (Quality Assurance) Chairman & MD

www.dynamatics.com Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Serving Defence & Dynamatic Technologies designs and builds highly Fuselage Aerospace OEs engineered products for Automotive, Aeronautic, in 6 continents Hydraulic and Security applications. With futuristic Manufactured aerospace parts such as the from right here design, engineering and manufacturing facilities in › Wing and rear fuselage for India’s pilotless Europe and India, the company is able to deliver in India products and manufacturing solutions to target aircraft - LAKSHYA. customers in 6 continents. › The ailerons and wing flaps for the intermedi- with the most advanced vertically integrated R&D, A leading vertically integrated supplier to the global ate jet trainer HJT-36. Design & Manufacturing defence and aerospace sectors, it has advanced › Major airframe structures for the Sukhoi 30 capabilities, coupled with engineering capabilities in areas including Non-Destructive Testing for aero structures, space MKI Fighter Bomber. strong local presence in grade welding, heat treatment of aluminum alloys, Europe and US markets fluorescent penetrant inspection, resistant spot Flap Track Beams welding, and measurement & inspection (CMM, 09 Laser Tracker and Articulated Arm) which are Dynamatic-Oldland Aerospace™ works closely NADCAP accredited and approved by global OEMs with EADS and Spirit AeroSystems to assemble like Airbus, Boeing, Bell Helicopter and HAL. Flap Track Beams for the Airbus Single Aisle A-320 family of aircrafts on a single source Dynamatic Technologies Research & Development basis. This is the first time that a functional Center, established in Bangalore is a world-class aero-structure of a major commercial jet is Design Center capable of total product and system being manufactured in the Indian Private design, with advanced capabilities in structural, Sector. thermal and dynamic engineering for analysis, design validation and optimization. Management Udayant (Toby) Malhoutra CEO & Managing Director

www.qmaxtest.com Global Leader Company Brief Technology/Product Brief in Electronic & Semicon QMax, a global leader in offering automated test & The line up of ATE solutions from QMax Automated diagnostic equipment for electronic & semicon covers a wide range of options including Test systems, with the widest portfolio of solutions and industrial systems for electronics and semicon Equipment & services. It offers integrated Test Automation manufacturing lines, desktop wire harness Solutions solutions, catering to the needs of global OEs and analysers, handheld devices, testing top-tier suppliers in defense, aerospace, power equipment and tester devices. In addition the with proven track-record as generation & distribution, transportation, company offers a suite of software solutions top-tier supplier to global bio-medical and manufacturing sectors. and professional services in electronic & defence and aerospace semicon test automation. majors The company’s manufacturing facility is equipped with world class BGA\\SMD rework systems, Automated Test Equipment (ATE) 10 automatic optical inspection system, wave soldering, SMD reflow and fully automatic SMD pick ATE QT2256-640 PXI system is designed as a and place machines. The facility employees 100+ combination board tester capable of testing highly qualified and talented pool of human highly complex and PCBs employing various resources. techniques on a single platform. Pro-Rack is a cost effective ATE System, which comes with Modular Structure provision option to improvise and enhance much instrumentation based on the user’s requirements. Panther4HT Master -Slave DSU The Master-Slave DSU based Panther4HT wire harness tester is designed for testing and verifying electrical connections in a cable, harness, backplane or any wired assembly. Management Robert Kennedy Manoharan Vaidyanathan Vijayakumar Vice-President GM, Sales & Marketing Varun Sabapathi Managing Director

www.asteria.co.in Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Full stack unmanned Asteria Aerospace is a robotics and artificial A400 aerial solutions intelligence company that develops drone based enterprise in solutions. They offer enterprise aerial (UAV/drone) › Autonomous from takeoff to landing solutions that provide actionable intelligence from › Tool-less assembly and disassembly India aerial data, with a strong track-record and › Asteria’s proprietary point-and-click software integrated drone technology stack of hardware, with deep expertise in software, and analytics. for command and control production of unmanned aerial › Encrypted digital data link for secure vehicles systems, autonomous Their aerial drone/UAV solutions are enhanced flight/mission control systems, with deeply customized aerial remote sensing tools transmission of data and video suited for aerial surveillance and border › Network enabled ground system architecture compact/rugged security/control applications for military, › Failsafe modes for loss of communication aerostructures, miniaturized paramilitary, and police forces. Their strength is further extended with end-to-end solutions signal, GPS signal and low battery avionics, and surveillance provided for autonomous survey, inspection and › Made in India – Designed, Developed and software engineering monitoring of assets in highly complex environments in oil and gas, mining, construction Made in India 11 and agriculture sectors. Cygnus Achievements A mini UAS designed from the ground up for Recognized by the Silicon India’s StartupCity surveillance and security operations with best magazine as ‘one of the 10 best startups’ providing in class endurance, range and payload drone solutions in India in 2017. capabilities, is ideal for military surveillance, industrial security, and powerline/pipeline monitoring applications. Genesis A network platform for drone based surveillance & security operations, designed to be hosted on cloud/on-premise for maximum flexibility, and is future ready for integration into sophisticated security solutions. Management Neel Mehta Co-Founder & Director Nihar Vartak Founder & Director

www.ideaforge.co.in Partner to Company Brief Technology/Product Brief DRDO and Market Leaders ideaForge is the largest manufacturer of UAVs, with Q Series in compact their portfolio of products ranging from UAV products Quadcopters, Fixed Wing UAVs and Drones custom Smallest short range VTOL quadcopter, is the designed for aerial operations in defence, most efficient drone and very economical, a vertically integrated aerial commercial and government sector in India, built with tried and tested military design robotics company having meeting global aerospace and defence certification principles. The product has gained rapid emerged a winner in both standards. adoption in defence, industrial, and defence and commercial commercial aerospace sector catering to high aerospace sectors This leading vertically integrated (R&D, design & performance needs in security & surveillance, manufacturing, software, services and training) aerial inspection, photogrammetry, traffic aerial robotics company-built on a strong management, crowd management & disaster foundation of interdisciplinary engineering delivers relief applications. high-performance, safe, and autonomous unmanned systems for enhancing productivity and NETRA V security. NETRA V Series is a fully autonomous, The organization was founded in 2007 by a team of man-portable small UAV. The UAV is equipped enterprising IIT Bombay graduates and has been at with fail-safe modes. Salient features of the the forefront of developing globally unmatched UAV include image stabilization, autonomous and indigenous technology for drones. target tracking and day-night cameras which are programmed to provide real-time footage Achievements in the daytime as well as pitch dark conditions. Recognised as R&D partner with Defence Research Switch Hybrid and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, India, it has multiple IPs to its credit, Switch Hybrid is a first-of-its-kind VTOL and including one for World’s Smallest Autopilot. fixed wing UAV. It is used for long range, long endurance security and GIS applications.It is also used for security & surveillance, inspection photogrammetry. Management Ankit Mehta Rahul Singh Ashish Bhat Vipul Joshi Co-Founder & CEO Co-Founder & CTO Co-Founder & CTO Chief Operating Officer 12

www.metallicbellows.org Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Making ‘Make In India for the Founded in 1980, this R&D led company is a Bellows For Tejas World’ a reality leading manufacturer of Bellows and Expansion for 4 decades Joints catering to a wide clientele across several Gimbal Joints are used in Environmental industrial, aerospace and defence sectors. Control Systems of LCA to ensure flexibility in now the Bleed air ducts operating at high The strong focus in R&D backed by deep domain temperature. These are manufactured from Design and Engineering expertise in design and engineering, and high temperature resistance alloy inconel 625 . partner for ISRO and HAL, and unparalleled reliability, have made this company These bellows will take movements in all 3 Indigenisation partner for the the only indigenous supplier to ISRO (space) and axes. Indian Defence Forces (Army, HAL (military and commercial aerospace), and a strong partner to the Indian defence services in Hydroformed T-joint – For BrahMos Navy & Airforce) realising their vision of indigenisation. Hydroforming is a metal fabricating and Achievements forming process. This process is cost effective. Specialized type of die moulding that utilizes Metallic Bellows has contributed immensely to the highly pressurized fluid to form metal. Here indigenization drives of the Indian defence the wall thinning is very minimal. Hydraulic production through its design, development, pressure of the order of 2500 to 4000 bar is engineering and manufacturing services to HAL applied to form these Joints. Received Award with the supply of Gimbal bellows of Dia 32, 50, 63 for Excellence from SIATI for Indigenization of & Gimbal Venturi Assembly for the LCA products of T-Joint. HAL. It has gained the rare reputation and status as being the only Indian supplier of metallic bellows Relief Valve For Jaguar and hoses for the PSLV and GSLV launch vehicles of ISRO, and recently completed the delivery of Bellows used in pressure regulating valve components to LPSC, Trivandrum. which is a part of liquid oxygen system of Jaguar aircraft. Management G. Shankar Nishanth Ramesh Director Director R. Gopalakrishnan Founder 13

www.polyhose.com Asia’s #1 Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Supplier of Thermoplastic A multinational conglomerate focussed on design, Most comprehensive suite of thermoplastic Hoses for development, manufacturing, and distribution of hoses, and hose assemblies for aerospace Defence & fluid conveyance products like aero-grade systems Aerospace polymer/elastomer hoses and fluid connectors. A fully indigenous supplier serving domestic and Fluid Conveyance System with the most export markets with modern state of art facilities comprehensive Aerospace with highly trained and skilled expertise to deliver Flexible composite Hoses and Hose standards certifications and premium quality, reliable, and high performing assemblies in widest variety of materials for product accreditations products. PTFE, Thermoplastic, Hydraulic Rubber, Industrial, Stainless steel material. 14 The fluid connector division has been accredited with AS9100D to manufacture and supply of metal Fluid Connectors end fittings and other machined components for aerospace applications to both commercial and › High/Medium pressure hydraulic and defence sector OEMs. The company has pneumatic hose and hose assemblies established special Aerospace assembly line and Testing lab facilities for meeting international › Aviation Fueling & Defueling hose standards. › Oxygen hose › Convoluted PTFE hoses Achievements › Metal end fittings in different materials such First Indian supplier and only one in Asia to have as Stainless Steel, Titanium, Mild steel, complete Aerospace certifications including, Aluminum and Brass AS9100D Accreditation for design, manufacture and supply of PTFE hose and hose assembly, metal end fittings and other machined components; NADCAP AC7112 (Fluid Distribution system), AC7112/1 (Hose manufacturing), AC7112/2 (End fitting manufacturing) & AC7112/4 (Hose Assembly); Founding Team Shabbir Y J Ali Asger Managing Director Director

www.jayasuriya.org Company Brief Technology/Product Brief 15000+ parts indigenised for Manufacturer of airworthy products and High quality aerospace engineering parts and Indian defence, standardized parts and assemblies compliant with assemblies developed for a variety of defence aerospace, and various International standards, and proven and aerospace, and satellite products supplier to aviation and aerospace OEMs, both including: space sector private sector multinationals and public sector › Light Combat Aircraft (LCH) majors. › Light Combat Helicopter(LCH) with Certification from › Light Utility Helicopter(LUH) CEMILAC, DRDO, ISRO and The company has indigenized over 15000 › Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) all DPSUs, covering missiles individual parts for the Indian Airforce and HAL, › Jaguar Aircraft systems, combat and utility having achieved certification from CEMILAC (Center › BrahMos Missiles for Military Airworthiness and Certification) for › Airborne Missiles developed by DRDL, RCI, & aircraft platforms, launch aerospace, and acceptance from DRDO (Defence DRDO vehicles and satellites Research and Development Organisation) for › Missiles and Munitions manufactured by BDL space. › Launch vehicles and satellites of ISRO › Utility Helicopters of Indian, Russian and Achievements Western Cheetah Excellence Award in indigenisation of aerospace fasteners & standard parts in the year 2016 by Padma Shri Dr. A.S. Kiran Kumar, Former Chairman ISRO and Secretary Dept of Space. Founding Team Jayanthi Desappan Director Kalaiarasu Subramaniyam Director 15

www.thesalemaeropark.com ZED GOLD Company Brief Technology/Product Brief rated metal and non-metal Aerospace Engineers are ZED GOLD rated company Deemed Long Term suppliers for engine based focused towards design and development of projects like Sukhoi-30, Shakthi, Artouste, component aerospace and defence grade oil pumps, gasket Garrett, Orpheus, Dart, Adour, PTAE through supplier and fasteners. As one of the leading organizations Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore and in indigenously design and manufacture both Sukhoi Engine Division, Koraput developing components for metallic and non metallic precision aeronautical manufacturing, combat aircrafts and components they are the tier-1 supplier for helicopter engines. aerospace OEMs. CEMILAC certified company › Lubricating Oil Pump for Main Gear Box for supplies with manufacturing standards on-par with ALH & LUH the global suppliers and also exports to global markets. › Dual Pumps › Metallic Braided Hose Assemblies The company has indigenously developed about › Tail Cone Assembly 15,000 parts that goes into helicopters, missiles, › Roller Lifter Assembly combat aircrafts and also for civilian aircrafts. › Pilot Control Column & Throttle Handle › Canopy Inflatable Seal Achievements › Tungsten & Graphite Machining › Composite components › Awarded FIRST PRIZE in QUALITY PRODUCTS-2015 › Lock Nut & Washers by Ministry of MSME in 2015; › Kover Material machining › Harness Clamps › Recognised as the most Innovative MSME in the › Metal Bonded country and awarded by Hon’ble Prime Minister of › Vibration Isolators India in 2014; › Sealing Rings › Conductive Bellows › Received DRDO Excellence Award for Defence › Oxygen Mask Hose Assembly Technology Absorption, awarded by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India in the presence of Defence and Finance Minister; Management Ramachandran R Jawaharlal R K Executive Director General Manager Sundaram Ramaswamy Founder & Managing Director 16

www.lmwatc.com Company Brief Technology/Product Brief One-Stop Design & Founded in 1962, for manufacturing Textile Aero Structure Components Engineering Machinery, LMW has over years become one Solutions among the three manufacturers of the entire range Wing skins, panels, brackets, stiffeners, ribs, Partner for of textile machines in the global market. LMW later fuselage, frames, spars including assemblies diversified into CNC Machine Tools and Foundry and sub-assemblies, structures for RADAR Global Equipment, making High Precision Castings and is domes on aircraft. Aerospace today a global supplier. Aero Engine Components OEMs In 2010, LMW added to their formidable engineering manufacturing portfolio, the LMW Casing, shaft, housing, nozzle guide vanes, offering custom design, Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) to produce turbine discs, impellers, compressor discs machining, and manufacturing components for the Aerospace OEMs mainly includes assemblies and sub-assemblies. focused on engine, structural, sheet metal services for components, components and subassemblies. The company has Precision Machine Components systems and assemblies ranging set up world class manufacturing unit with NADCAP and AS9100D certified manufacturing process and Actuator, landing gear components and gear from Aero engine parts, Aero technicians, manufacturing metal and composite box components. structures & assemblies, and aerospace structures. Sheet Metal Fabrication Aero composites Achievements Aero engine & structural components, seal 17 › Awarded by DRDO as the best Defence Technology segment, rings, heat shield, cover plate, Absorption company in 2017; including assemblies and subassemblies for helicopters. › Received Best Performance Award for 2017 given by HAL, Engine Division; Composite Structures and Components › Recognised as the Best Sheet Metal Partner by HAL, Engine Division in 2015; Spacecrafts, Aircrafts and Helicopters. Management Soundhar Rajhan K Director – Operations Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu (LMW-MTD, Foundry & ATC) Chairman & Managing Director

www.melss.com Leading Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Strategic Electronics A leading supplier of high technology electronic TERADYNE supplier Serving products since 1982, with three major divisions over 15 Air force focused on Strategic Electronics, Automation & Teradyne’s fully integrated functional test Stations in India Control, and Test & Measurement. The Strategic systems verify and calibrate the most complex Electronics Division specialises in training and electronics in the defense and aerospace offering comprehensive maintenance simulators, custom ATEs, data industry. Their systems are tough, and can portfolio of products, acquisition systems, MIL standard product design deliver high- performance digital, analog, custom design and including Airborne LRUs, obsolescence mixed-signal and serial bus testing. This meets engineering services, and management projects, ruggedisation to MIL the demanding environment of military major indigenisation partner standards and software development. depots, factories, commercial maintenance, to Indian defence services and overhaul facilities. The multidisciplinary capabilities and expertise 18 possessed by the company coupled with MX-5210 comprehensive approvals and certifications from DGQA, CEMILAC etc. is an advantage in being Dual port simultaneous soldering and rework recognised as one among the leading suppliers to system which is highly effective for soldering the defence electronics in the domestic and global applications including: lead-free, high mass supply chains. components or boards, thermally sensitive components that require low operating Achievements temperature, high volume production soldering and touch-up soldering operations. Major indigenisation projects undertaken for In addition, the MX-5210 can be used for Indian Defence Forces and the Defence PSUs are: conduction rework of SMDs when using SMTC › Revamping of the Submarine Simulator for the series soldering cartridges simultaneously. Indian Navy, saving tens of crores of training costs; › Development of Airborne Video Recorder for the fighter aircrafts; › Development of Data Distribution Unit for the first Aircraft Carrier built by India; › Ruggedisation of COTS communication Equipment to MIL Standards; Management T Srinivasan President N Ramachandran Managing Director

www.kovidndt.com Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Nuclear grade Lucid is a software solutions company with Kovid RT expertise in a range of NDT techniques including Non-Destruc Ultrasound (UT), X-ray, eddy current, ground Kovid RT is a decision support system for tive Testing penetrating RADAR and Impact Echo. Services radiography data analysis. Kovid RT supports Solutions extended include licensing of the Kovid suite of a variety of x ray equipment including Provider software platforms (like Kovid UT, Kovid RT, Kovid digitizers, computed radiography (CR) CT and Kovid iMaV) and delivering custom software hardware and digital radiography (DR) Flat collaborating with global R&D development. panels and LDAs. The software incorporates organizations and system over 100 filters which aid in analysis and integrators to deliver Their customer base covers leading OEMs and support the development of Assisted or world-class Assisted or manufacturers in the aerospace, energy (thermal, Automated Defect Recognition (ADR) nuclear and renewables), oil and gas sectors. The algorithms. Automated Defect Detection company has built a network of strong global solutions for Aerospace and partners with NDT Hardware suppliers and system Kovid UT Defence sector OEMs integrators, and have worked in joint development projects with renowned R&D organizations such as Kovid UT is a UT data acquisition and analysis 19 EPRI in the US, and the Fraunhofer Society in software. It supports both conventional Germany. multi-channel and Phased Array systems. Kovid UT has modules for controlling scanners Achievements and advanced features such as delay law calculators. A number of custom applications › Developed & implemented an Assisted Defect such as for composite inspection, weld Recognition (ADR) algorithm for Digital X ray inspection etc have been developed on top of inspection for Swage Joints for Boeing; the standard software. › Developed and qualified ADR algorithms for Digital X ray inspection of Aerospace Castings. This was a Materials Affordability Initiative of the US Air Force and program managed by PCC; › Developed Acoustic Mouse Technology in cooperation with EPRI; Management C P Madhusudan Director Krishna Mohan Reddy Co-Founder & CEO

Startups

www.aerosensetechnologies.in Company Brief Founding Team 17+ Patents in Terrestrial & Design, development and assembly of innovative Sushant Gupta unmanned aerial systems ranging from micro MD & CEO Aerial Robotics drones to UAV drone transport services, suited for Sushant Gupta (Co-Founder) is the 1st Indian to Systems Design a wide array of applications in industrial, defence, design, develop and fly an unmanned aerial and agricultural sectors. The company offers the vehicle for US Army at Fort Benning’s, Georgia Widest portfolio of indigenously widest portfolio of indigenously designed UAVs, USA, with the experience of having developed developed aerial vehicles having a team of one of the most experienced UAVs for South Korea Aerospace, and having designers and engineers in India. designed Unmanned aerial and ground systems ranging from micro Drones to for defence applications for Indian Army, Transportation UAVs, with Achievements Canadian Army, and US marines. Training/Certification services › Over 17 patents in this domain and has designed, Hawk Eye Agriculture Drone for defence/paramilitary forces. developed and deployed more than 18 unmanned terrestrial and aerial systems including micro/mini - 60 minutes 21 UAVs, hybrid UAVs (rotor/wing crafts), loitering - 60 Kg munitions (combat UAVs), remotely operated - 20 km vehicles, throwable robots, EOD Robots, CBRNE - 20 kg User Defined robot etc. which are currently in service with the - Fully Autonomous Indian Armed Forces; - STD 461E , JSS55555 › Trained and certified more than 1000 operators of unmanned systems in around 80 defence/paramili- tary units across the world, and has earned Appreciation Certificates; › Developed Navigation Control System for Project Mantra (CVRDE–BMP–II Teleoperation); Technology/Product Brief Hawk Eye Cargo Delivery Drone › Endurance › Weight - 60 minutes › Range - 120 Kg › Payload - 20 km › Flight Modes - 50 kg User Defined › MIL - Fully Autonomous - STD 461E , JSS55555

www.optimizedelectrotech.com Human Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Detection at 20 kms & Electro-Optics design, engineering and Surveillance Systems Identification at manufacturing services company focused in the 1 km distance Indigenous Design, Development and › Human detection upto 20 kms distance and Manufacture (IDDM) of imaging, vision, camera identification upto 1 km; Indigenous design and and surveillance products with software image manufacturing of defence processing and analytics solutions catering to › Ruggedised systems suitable for military, aerial, and aerospace grade multiple applications in commercial aerospace, and cross-border deployments; Electro-Optics hardware maritime, industrial, and defence sectors. systems and software › High contrast images suited for accurate image platforms The surveillance system engineered to deliver processing and analytics; advanced vision in air traffic control for military/commercial aviation, border patrol, › High quality imaging even in low/fluctuating light critical infrastructure inspection and aerial survey. conditions; Supported by SINE IIT-Bombay & Intel India under › Friend vs Foe detection + Narrow Field of View PlugIn accelerator program, and TiE Pune under capabilities; Nurture 7.0 program. › Proven for air traffic control applications for Achievements military and commercial aviation; › Over 30+ patents filed/published and 30+ publications published in the fields of Electronics and Optics; Founding Team Sandeep Shah Kuldeep Saxena Dharin Shah Anil Yekkala MD & CEO Executive Director Executive Director Executive Director 22

www.combatroboticsindia.com Company Brief Technology/Product Brief World’s first chassis less Design and development of rugged and all-terrain Arishta Amphibious UGVs, specialising in highly innovative designs Ground Vehicle suitable for combat and intelligence purposes, › World’s First Chassis Less Amphibious Ground also integrated with autonomous driving and Vehicle Autonomous, combat ready navigation, advanced battery management and surveillance enabled UGVs systems, suited for various applications in › All Terrain Remote Controlled multi-utility robot military, disaster relief, coastal marine operations. › Detect & Monitor Mines for ultra-long endurance and › Transmit live feed from inaccessible terrain rugged and inaccessible Supported by SINE IIT-Bombay & Intel India under › Modular Grip Attachments for Plug & Play all-terrain applications PlugIn accelerator program, and TiE Pune under Nurture 7.0 program. usability 23 › Design with minimum components for Zero Achievements Failures › Selected amongst the top 10 defence startups in › Magnet arrangement for deployment and India by FICCI; recovery from height › Most Innovative Start-up at Fourth World › Modular Attachments for easy Plug and Play Congress on Disaster Management held at IIT › Endurance: 3 Hr Bombay; Founding Team Arjun Singh Rathore Yuvaraj Karoshi Sandeep Bhole Ganesh Pandit Suryawanshi Founder & CEO Nitesh Ambare

www.nopo.in Single Walled Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Carbon Nanotubes Research and fabrication of single walled carbon NoPo carbon nanotubes have been nanotubes (an advanced light, strong material applied in the development of various An advanced light, strong, that is conduction and radiation resistant) based products: conduction and radiation aero materials which can be used for aerospace resistant, ideally suited for and defence products, with multiple spinoff › Superblack Optical Coating for Spacecraft, aerospace and defence applications in biotechnology, water, automobiles capable of improving performance of star tracker applications and other industrial segments. equipment and optical components; 24 NoPo’s grand vision is to enable the transition of › High strength Silk, 5 times tougher than Kevlar; humanity into space faring species-by making this › Molecular Water Transport Membrane 1000x space material accessible to all. faster than other Bio Membranes; Achievements › New class of CFRP Composite suitable for › Winner of IIGP Grant in 2018, sponsored by DST, Aerostructures with 30% higher modulus and Lockheed Martin and Tata Trusts; stiffness, capable of self sensing; › Selected for the Grant under the ELEVATE 100 program of Dept. of IT, Govt. of Karnataka; Founding Team Dr. Rajat Rakkhit Changalaraya Reddy Co-Founder, Head-strategy Angel Investor Gadhadar Reddy Dr. Robert Kelley Bradley Founder & CEO Co-Founder, Co-Inventor - HiPCO

Company Brief Technology/Product Brief www.parallax.co.in Design and development of platforms and Aerospace AR/VR/MR systems for delivering enterprise grade solutions Hardware & in immersive technologies. Building on Gamified training modules with immersive and commercially popular software, hardware and interactive Virtual Reality content for routine Software computing systems in virtual, augmented and aircraft inspection and maintenance operations, solutions for mixed reality, the company caters to with assessment report and recommendations manufacturing, pharma, automotive, aerospace, for rectification/improvement. Aerospace and defence verticals. With a team of competent professionals in mechatronics, computer science, Defence for aerospace, software engineering, and user experience and maufacturing, pharma, interaction design, they offer end-to-end fully Developed mixed/virtual reality based training and automotive verticals integrated content design, development and centre for paramedic staff in Indian Navy for delivery solutions of the company is proven to effective procedural training at lowest costs, 25 offer increased operational effectiveness and creating multiple emergency scenarios and boost profitability. simulation of highly critical on-field situations. Achievements Satellite Terrestrial Imaging › Over 40+ projects completed successfully serving A 3D mapping and modeling tool to generate high a diverse portfolio of clients across several quality terrestrial maps based on input satellite industry verticals; planetary data, with visualisation and annotation features to facilitate collaboration and analytics. › Established 5 VR/AR labs in Europe and USA for leading automotive manufacturers, suppliers, and vendors; › Commenced overseas operations from their UK office in 2019; Founding Team Krupalu H. Mehta Vivek Surve Jayesh Kolte Co-Founder Co-Founder Co-Founder

www.astrome.co Lowest cost Company Brief Technology/Product Brief wireless connectivity Research and development focussed satellite SpaceNet using mmWave communication company with a vision of satellite mmWave ubiquitous and affordable wireless SpaceNet provides high speed internet to ships communications connectivity brought to reality. Incubated at and outposts in remote areas. Upto 400Mbps per Indian Institute of Science, and powered by device (user equipment) specifically designed for Powered by 200+ low-earth indigenous V/W-Band wireless technology, moving platforms like aircraft and ships. Each orbit satellites with Astrome is building SpaceNnet - a constellation of SpaceNet transponder forms thousands of indigenous ultra high 200 low-earth orbit satellites, each carrying their spot-beams over its footprint which can be capacity transponders in-house developed ultra high capacity configured remotely by software, while offering transponders that provides broadband internet 12X more than conventional satellites. services to consumers, industrial sectors, and armed forces. GigaMesh Astrome has also developed GigaMesh - a GigaMesh extends the range of fiber by multi-Gbps, multi point-to-point wireless distributing capacity wirelessly. Upto 80+ Gbps communication device that extends the range of per device, ideal for providing 4G/5G connectivity 4G/5G infrastructure by providing fibre-like to outposts in remote areas. GigaMesh forms capacity wirelessly. multiple point-to-point links with narrow electronically steerable beams, resulting in Achievements additive capacity and very high frequency reuse, which reduces OpEx and multiplies returns on › Winner of IIGP Grant in 2018, sponsored by DST, CapEx. Lockheed Martin and Tata Trusts; › Selected for the Grant under the ELEVATE 100 program of Dept. of IT, Govt. of Karnataka; › Received the National Award in 'Technology Startups' category (2018) by the President of India. [Technology Development Board, Dept of Science & Technology, Govt of India]; › Most Promising Aerospace and Defense Startup Award by NASSCOM and IESA; Founding Team Dr. Neha Satak Dr. Prasad Hl Bhat Founder & CEO Co-Founder & CTO 26

Company Brief Technology/Product Brief www.garudan.ind.in Manufacturing indigenously designed and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Systems (UAV/UAS) Wide array of developed portfolio of UAVs for diverse custom designed to suit various types of indigenous surveillance and imaging applications with a surveillance, mapping, and inspection missions UAVs combination of rotorcrafts, fixed wings crafts, with integrated autonomous capabilities, customised camera and image processing advanced processors and sensors for onboard with integrated software payloads for medium to long range, high data processing and analytics. platforms for Autonomous accuracy, and high performance missions. The Vaanvili series of UAVs designed and flight/mission control, With UAV, UAS, GCS (Ground Control Station), ISR operated by the company cover a range of high Ground Control Station, systems, Anti-drone systems designed for accuracy autonomous and compact aerial defence and combat sector, their mission goes vehicles suited for long range to ultra long range and customised beyond design and development of innovative ISR missions meeting the ruggedness and intelligence and aerial vehicles, systems, and surveillance reliability standards of defence, naval, and border surveillance missions equipment. Building on their technologies and securiry applications. products, the offer integrated solutions for 27 disaster management & relief, search & rescue › Low to Medium Altitude operations for law enforcement agencies and › Medium to Very Long Endurance security forces, perimeter security & ISR missions › VTOL capable with Fixedwing designs with the help of their proprietary \"EYE ON SKY\" › Integrated Ground Control Station hardware and software capabilities. › Autonomous flight/mission controllers Founding Team Kalpana Muruganantham Director Nandakumar Muruganantham Director

www.generalaeronautics.com 100+ years of Company Brief Technology/Product Brief UAV design and engineering Aircraft Design and Engineering services for GA-3 experience building highly customised UAS, UAVs and drones for various commercial airlines, agricultural, Versatile UAV platform with open payload delivering lowest cost industrial and defence applications, for architecture and more than 60 mins of flight time. advanced and compact humanitarian aid, disaster relief and unmanned aerial systems and surveillance/intelligence missions. The GA-3T vehicles with different engineering team, backed with several hundred payloads to serve various use man-years of experience in design and Endurance in excess of 6 hrs with up to 2 kg cases including precision development of aerial systems, are at par with payload with up to 6 km range. Drone is capable agriculture, GIS surveying and global standards of talent in aircraft design and of HD quality video transmission and has been surveillance. engineering. aerodynamically designed to be stable to maneuver in high head winds. Achievements GA-3H › Only CEMILAC approved design unit for the development of compact UAV systems and Designed for high-altitude/high-payload (15 kg) platforms in India; capabilities, custom designed for HALE operation. The design variant for precision agriculture › Attained R&D Certification from DSIR; operations has 15 ltr payload carrying capacity with advanced crop specific nozzles and ample endurance to cover a range of more than three acres in a single flight. Founding Team Dr. Kota Harinarayana Dr. Anutosh Moitra Air Cmde PK Choudhary Abhishek Burman Founder Director Founder & CEO Chairman Founder Director 28

www.stelae-technologies.com Company Brief Technology/Product Brief AI powered Documentation Enterprise IT Solutions company pioneering Data Khemeia™ Transforms Unstructured Documents Management software systems aerospace and to Structured Outputs in S1000D, DITA, Json, XML Management defence sectors, providing standard NLP based standardised formats System aircraft maintenance digitisation software system. › S1000dD is the Information Exchange standard in incubated by The AI software Khemeia™ is a content acquisition Aerospace & Defence to enable the Digital AirBus engine for all data applications which detects and Transformation of the industry. extracts content elements in unstructured Strong track-record of documents, meta-data, structures content › Stelae Technologies with is software Khemeia™ customer acquisition and (paragraphs, images, tables, footnotes, has been one of the pioneers in this space since systems integration with multi-column text). Currently implemented at 2012, to transform technical publications to leading Aerospace OEMs major enterprise and public sector entities across S1000D– creating an automated, scalable and many verticals. cost effective solution to transform large data and gaining rapid volumes. acceptance within the Achievements armed forces Stelae Technologies, has won multiple awards – IBM Global Entrepreneur winner for India & APAC 29 in 2014, CIO Asia Magazine Top 20 Product Companies in 2015, Nasscom’s Emerge 10 companies in 2015 and more recently, UKTI’s Global Entrepreneur Program (2015) and London & Partner’s India Emerging 20 in 2016. Founding Team Aruna Schwarz Pierre Fraisse Sandeep Raizada Founder & CEO Co-Founder & CTO Co-Founder & VP-Engg

www.manastuspace.com Green Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Propulsion system for Research and development of indigenous Green propulsion system for satellite launch satellite launch propulsion technology, including innovative vehicles using hydrogen peroxide based vehicles thrusters for satellites, rockets and landers. Their propellant offering significant benefits: propulsion systems are non carcinogenic, less reducing significantly toxic and available for a lower cost compared to › Non toxic propellent avoids fatal accidents during satellite size/volume, lower conventional systems. the handling of propulsion systems, and high-risk production and operating exposure to carcinogenic hydrazine based costs, less toxic and In partnership with IIT Bombay, the company has propellants; non-fatal. achieved significant progress in the development and trials of their green propulsion systems with › Innovative engine designed for propulsion system significant size, cost, and performance benefits catalyses satellite launch vehicle performance for satellite launch vehicles. with reduced satellite size/volume, 40% less toxicity, 25% higher performance, and 30% cost Achievements savings; › Worlds top 10 start up to pitch to global investors Credentials like Airbus, Lockheed, Boeing, NASA at IAC 2018, Germany, world leading conference; Founding Team comprises of ex-DRDO scientists with decades of combined experience in the › Winner of the IIGP, solving problems of tomorrow space and satellite systems, developed a satellite by DST, Lockheed and Tata; launched by ISRO still live and was built in IIT Bombay. Founding Team Tushar Jadhav Ashtesh Kumar Co-Founder & CEO Co-Founder & CTO 30

www.aus.co.in Company Brief Technology/Product Brief 10x Time & Effort saved Delivery of Drone/UAV enabled aerial survey & Insight PPK inspection services covering custom flight than missions combined with proprietary cloud Insight PPK eliminates the requirement of Ground conventional platform for data acquisition, visualization, and Control Points (GCPs) with advanced data analytics capabilities catering to multiple visualization and analytics used for survey and Drones industrial sectors, with a strong track-record of mapping. It saves 10x time and effort as winning several government contracts. compared to any other conventional drone in delivering full-spectrum technology. enterprise aerial solutions User friendly, fully autonomous drones that can powered by advanced data be used in industries for survey and mapping, inspection and precision agriculture. The storage, analytics and company strives to provide a high-value visualization platform for enterprise drone solutions across GIS wide ranging applications in survey/map, industry inspection and precision several industrial sectors agriculture. 31 Achievements › Over 12 Lakh acres area mapped in last 12 months; › Empanelled with 6 state governments in India; › Among the Top 10 AgriTech companies of 2018; › Capacity to cover more than 90 sq.km per day; › 250+ villages mapped in Rajasthan for watershed development; Founding Team Nikhil Upadhye Vipul Singh Suhas Banishwala Yeshwanth Reddy Founder & CEO CEO CTO COO

www.dimensionnxg.com Mixed Reality Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Headset with 95° Field Of Augumented, Virtual and Mixed Reality solutions Ajnalens View using disruptive technology to empower automobile, aerospace, healthcare, education, The Dimension NXG AjnaLens is a mixed reality combined with software manufacturing, and real estate sectors by headset with this 95° FOV. platforms for high quality providing cost cutting, error reduction and content generation and delivery increasing productivity. Compatible with many MR applications: for a plethora of training and maintenance operations Combining the power of custom designed users may access many work applications such as applications in aerospace, hardware with immersive AR/VR content AjnaSurge, for the medical industry, or MR defence, healthcare, automobile, generation software systems, they offer Builder, for construction and design. and manufacturing sectors significant value through the aerospace maintenance assistance platform bringing Detailed holograms: the computing system features such as instant skill mastery, holographic teleportation, x-ray vision, clairvoyance among a provides world-sensing holograms that integrate few. with the surrounding environment. Gesture, gaze, and voice control: users can Achievements control the AjnaLens headset easily and intuitively thanks to built-in sensors. › #1 Innovation across India › Graham Bell Innovation Award - Breakthrough Ajnaassist low-cost Technology; AjnaAssist allows your company to connect › Technology Innovation Leadership Award in AR remote experts and field technicians in real time to collaborate on a task in AR. Both users have Headset; the ability to manipulate augmented content and › India’s #1 Disruptive startup - India TiECon 2016; add annotations that ‘lock’ onto real-world objects › Top 15 Hardware Wearables - Qualcomm QDIC, in the technician’s field of view. This allows companies to reduce downtime and increase 2018; safety, giving technicians the power to make repairs, and decisions that they would otherwise Founding Team be unable to do so. Pankaj Raut Abhishek Tomar Abhijit Patil CEO CTO COO 32

Company Brief Technology/Product Brief www.tereromobility.com Founded by IIT Madras alumni, the startup CGBS Fully incubated at IIT Madras Incubation Cell is Automated developing unmanned ground vehicles for aircraft This pioneering product, CGBS (Cargo Ground Cargo Ground ground support operations with an aim to reduce Buildup System) is an unmanned, air-transport- Operations fuel consumption, flight delays and downtimes in able, material handling vehicle platform for civil as well as military aviation. military transport aircrafts operating at austere Solutions locations, bringing great value to humanitarian In situations of large scale natural disasters or in aid, and disaster relief missions. developed for Lockheed rescue operations in remote locations, and off Martin’s Hercules C-130 base military encampments, limited airfield, Being developed for Lockheed Martin’s Hercules aircraft, CGBS is a cargo damaged infrastructure, lack of adequate ground C-130 aircraft, CGBS eliminates the need to rely handling equipment and manpower availability on the availability of equipment at remote and material handling platform are methodically and systematically address with disaster relief mission site as well as reduce the developed for military their innovative fully automated Cargo Ground downtime during loading/unloading from 4-6 transport airports Buildup System (CGBS). hours to less than 1.5 hours. 33 Achievements › Selected as Grant Winner (2018) in the University Innovation Challenge track of the IIGP 2.0 program organised by Dept. of Science and Technology, Lockheed Martin, and Tata Trusts; Founding Team Anupam Chandra Vishwajeet Founder & CEO COO

www.skylarkdrones.com Leaders in Company Brief Technology/Product Brief delivering Enterprise Delivery of Drone/UAV enabled aerial survey & Mining Aerial (Drone) inspection services covering custom flight Solutions missions combined with proprietary cloud A holistic view of the mine lifecycle with the help platform for data acquisition, visualization, and of drone solutions allow for cm. level planning, covering custom flight analytics capabilities catering to needs in the monitoring and inspection of stockpile, hauls missions combined with agriculture, mining, utilities, and infrastructure roads, lease boundaries and safety blocks. proprietary cloud platform sectors. for data acquisition, Agriculture visualization, and analytics End-to-end services that shed light on ground capabilities. reality through thematic drone based maps and Solutions that are aimed at improving the yield geo tagged videos for enterprises. The company estimation. Also focuses on improving the due 34 features to provides a glimpse into the diligence System and performance management perspective that aerial intelligence can bring in the agricultural sector. about to terrestrial applications. Along with aerial survey services, data visualization & analytics, they provide enterprise IT solutions. Achievements › Awarded by Economic Times as 'Best on Campus' Startup in the ET Awards 2018; Founding Team Mrinal Pai Co-Founder Mugilan Thiru Ramasamy Founder

www.sastrarobotics.com Company Brief Technology/Product Brief HMI Test Automation Design and development of integrated automated SR-Dimenzio-MG Platform with test systems for testing HMI controls in aircraft Honeywell & flight controls (Dashboard controls) test system. Testing tool for various stages of Product Development and Production, including the BOSCH Exhaustive and extensive testing methods that end-of-line testing, that can work non-stop for ensure rigorous testing beyond the human 365 days a year. It uses the highest quality as early adopters of robotic capacity and capability. Sastra Robotics builds and components which ensures that the performance testing platforms to realise delivers Robotic solutions for human-like is maintained throughout its lifetime. It has a automated functional testing of real physical compact form factor which makes it easy for human-like functional devices. Their business solutions are used by integration into the existing production lines or testing of industrial systems OEMs and Service Providers to expedite test stacking into server rack enclosures in SaaS cycles and reduce the time-to-market for various companies. and devices with products. human-machine interface Achievements (HMI) panels › Selected as Grant Winner (2018) in the Industrial 35 Innovation track of the IIGP 2.0 program organised by Dept. of Science and Technology, Lockheed Martin, and Tata Trusts; Founding Team Akhila A Achu Wilson Co-Founder & COO Co-Founder & CTO Aronin Ponnappan Founder & CEO

www.airpix.in Visual, Thermal Company Brief Technology/Product Brief and NearIF spectrum High Delivery of enterprise drone solutions for security UAV Surveying, Photogrammetry and Resolution & surveillance, GIS surveying & terrain mapping, Remote Sensing Aerial Imaging disaster management, farming, asset inspection, events and consumer services applications. Our UAV systems autonomously cover large areas solutions delivered in the Provides data processing and analytics solutions to capture high resolution data as high as upto 1 UAV-as-a-Service model for from UAV-as-a-service for Government bodies, cm/pixel in visible or Near infrared (NIR) spectrum surveillance, GIS remote sensing, mining, railways, agriculture, resources, oil and for producing highly detailed and accurate asset inspection, and precision gas industries. orthophotos, 3D Digital Elevation Models, agriculture applications topographic data, NDVI maps. The data provides High resolution aerial imagery in visual, thermal, valuable insights to our clients in terms of and near infrared spectrum, to generate high assessment, planning, site design and density point clouds, 2D & 3D outputs like maintenance. orthophoto, digital surface models, asset inspection reports for planimetric, volumetric UAV Inspection and Monitoring analyses, change tracking, defect identification, etc. Deploying UAVs for collecting data in situations potentially hazardous to human life by eliminat- Achievements ing health and safety risks posed while inspecting critical infrastructure or scouting remote/disaster › Selected as Grant Winner (2017) in the Industrial struck areas. Reducing overall costs and improv- Innovation track of the IIGP 2.0 program ing safety, our services facilitate fast acquisition of organised by Dept. of Science and Technology, high quality data to provide valuable insights to Lockheed Martin, and Tata Trusts; industries and government bodies in terms of preventive maintenance and emergency response planning. Founding Team Aniket Tatipamula Shinil Shekhar Neeraj Waghchaure Founder Founder Founder 36

www.scapic.com Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Bringing the power of AR/VR Building mixed reality based software solutions Scapic is a cloud-based content collaboration tool which augments added information with the real which has no end app installation necessary to experience to life video stream, along with aerospace view these AR/VR experiences. A simple to use Desktop maintenance assistance software. The platform drag and drop editor to create stunning Virtual allows users to build, explore, share virtual and Reality experiences that can be shared across Computing augmented reality experiences from their browsers, social media and VR headsets with the personal web browsers. They have rapidly built a help of a single link no additional app downloads clientele of many top corporates in multiple necessary. sectors including online retail, real estate, healthcare, education, sports, and media & Mixed Reality Remote Support Solution which entertainment. allows on-ground technicians to collaborate with any remote expert providing in-context Achievements troubleshooting. › Innovative startup by Karnataka government A software cloud platform under their Elevate-100 programme; to create, edit, and share immersive AR, VR, 3D › Recognition by the Wharton India Economic content forum as one of the top 20 innovative startups in India; › Recognized by Crunchbase as one of the top 5 startups in 2018 with seed capital; Founding Team Ajay PV Sai Krishna VK Founder Co-Founder 37

www.agnikul.in Launching Company Brief Technology/Product Brief small satellites at lowest cost, Research, design and development of orbital class Agnibaan in a week nano satellite launch vehicle catering to the ignored commercial satellite market in the areas Our first product is a three stage launch vehicle, pioneering a of remote sensing, agriculture, marine & with each stage of the vehicle is powered by liquid launch-on-demand model maritime, disaster management etc. with their propulsion systems that burn kerosene in liquid enabled by orbital class nano mission to enabling the launch of rockets oxygen to produce the required thrust. We focus launch vehicles developed (satellites) anywhere, anytime and affordably. on modular design and additive manufacturing to with modular design and be able to have a “launch-on-demand” business additive manufacturing Conventional satellite launch missions take over a model to take small satellites to space. The launch year to build a small satellite, but it takes 3-4 vehicle can carry upto 100kg payload and reach 38 years to launch, and the cost of launch is orbits upto 700 kms. $35,000/KG while the cost of production is merely $10,000/KG. The reason being the lack of Indigenous facility for thrust testing has been adequate launch vehicles for small satellites. constructed at IIT Madras. Agnikul is pioneering a launch-on-demand model with a 1 week lead time and at one third the launch cost. Achievements › Qualified for the DARPA Launch Challenge, after successfully completing engine tests and system level design of the vehicle; Founding Team R V Perumal Srinath Ravichandran Prof. S R Chakravarthy Moin SPM EX-ISRO GSLV Project Director Co-Founder & CEO NCCRD, IIT Madras Co-Founder & COO

www.neewee.ai Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Accelerating AI/IoT powered Delivery of Industry 4.0 solutions to different Bodhee Manufacturing verticals in the manufacturing sector with a specific focus in aerospace, offering AI-ML An industrial analytics software platform capable Analytics in enabled tools and techniques for of analysing vast amounts of manufacturing data Aerospace machine/production/process monitoring, to produce valuable and actionable insights for predictive maintenance, process simulation and effective decision making. The platform enables visualization in the Platform-as-a-Service model. and accelerates the transition to Connected Manufacturing by enabling condition monitoring The simulation, analytics and visualization and predictive manufacturing/production control platforms and solutions developed by NeeWee for each line within 6-8 weeks. combined with aerial drone operations deliver high performance and increased efficiency in remote sensing, aerial surveillance, asset inspection applications. with integrated simulation, analytics, and visualization solutions for realizing Industry 4.0 delivered in the Platform-as-a-Service model Founding Team Suyog Joshi Nataraj Soorkod Harsimrat Bhasin Founder & CEO Co-Founder & CTO Co-Founder & COO 39

www.bellatrixaerospace.com Patented Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Electric Propulsion Research and development company specializing Satellite Propulsion systems for low in the design and development of orbital launch cost satellite vehicles (rockets), new generation propellants, Bellatrix is engaged in the design and launch vehicles and electric propulsion systems for satellites. development of different satellite propulsion They work closely with ISRO on the development systems including: Design and development of of electric propulsion systems. › Microwave Plasma Thrusters, water powered indigenous propulsion systems, satellite propulsion for heavy satellites new generation propellants, and Achievements › Green Monopropellant Thrusters, greener and orbital launch vehicles (rockets). high performance alternative to Hydrazine › Indigenously developed and patented Microwave › Nano Thrusters, propulsion system designed for Plasma Thruster, a novel and efficient type of nano satellite constellations electric propulsion system that runs on water as propellant; Chetak › Received TDB National Award 2017 from the Bellatrix offers a simple and reliable dedicated Hon’ble President of India for ‘Development of nano-satellite launch vehicle with an aim to make technology with potential for commercialization’; nano-satellite launches more affordable than ever before. Chetak is a two stage vehicle, with first stage designed for reuse. Chetak features an all-carbon composite construction and uses liquid methane as propellant. Founding Team Rohan M Ganapathy Yashas Karanam Founder & CEO Co-Founder & COO 40

www.tonboimaging.com Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Indigenous Advanced Indigenously designs, builds and deploys Tonbo leverages innovative designs in advanced imaging and sensor systems to sense, multi-sensor imaging, low power electronics and Electro Optics understand and control complex environments. real-time vision processing to build imaging for Defence & Tonbo Imaging offers a suite of solutions that products for real-world applications. address critical market needs in military Aerospace reconnaissance, critical infrastructure security Avenger S and transportation safety, with effective pioneering a widest portfolio visualisation in challenging environments like Avenger-S is a family of multi axis stabilised of innovative designs in modern day battlefields, critical infrastructure, electro optical system for aerial surveillance and unmanned reconnaissance, driving in the dark, reconnaissance. It is designed as a modular but micro-optics, lower power despite environment obscurants like smoke, dust, integrated system with a cooled MWIR thermal electronics and real-time fog and camouflage. imager, short wave infrared imager, color HD vision processing systems imager, low light TV and spotter, IR pointer, IR The company’s offerings consist of sophisticated illuminator, laser range finder, and GPS & 41 imaging products, custom design applications and compass for very long range surveillance, intellectual property cores that can be licensed by reconnaissance and targeting applications. aerospace OEMs and systems integrators. Achievements › First company to have won the Certificate of Accord under the Make II procedure via the suo moto proposal for the Night Fire Control System for AGS-30; › Among the earliest Defence startups to have raised VC funding and is backed by Artiman Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and Walden Riverhood Ventures; Founding Team Ankit Kumar Sudeep George Cecilia D'Souza Co-Founder & CTO Co-Founder & VP Co-Founder & CFO Arvind Lakshmikumar Founder & CEO

www.huviair.com Boeing Company Brief Technology/Product Brief Invested enterprise Delivers enterprise drone solutions combining HUVIAiR suite offers complete end to aerial solutions custom drone flight missions with an integrated end workflows for: company platform for drone data storage, processing, analytics, and visualization, catering to large › Processing of aerial surveying, mapping and Delivering full-stack enterprise industrial clients in the construction, imaging data. aerial solutions and services infrastructure, smart cities, insurance, renewable specializing in GIS surveying energy and natural resource management › Visualizing high resolution 2D and 3D GIS maps and mapping, and AI enabled sectors. (Orthomosaic, DSM, DTM, 3D model, Contours of analytics and visualization required intervals) with map tools such as software tools and systems HUVIAiR is aiming to deliver aerial solutions for distance, area, volumetrics, elevation profile, 3D inspection and survey more than 5 times faster coordinates, layer control, user generated maps, 42 when compared to conventional workflows, annotations and digitization. saving thousands of dollars by avoiding unwarranted change orders. The integrated › Performing AI enabled analytics for applications full-spectrum hardware + software + services in surface water modeling, roof-top solar pv yield, capabilities achieve 99.9% accuracy using high object identification and counting, demarcation of resolution 3D measurement tools and enhance buildings, change detection and many more. safety of projects by 40%. › Processing videos and images with custom Achievements analytics for aerial surveying and inspection in industrial asset management. › Winner of the first ever Boeing HorizonX challenge, held by Boeing in partnership with T-Hub, leading to Boeing becoming a major investor in the company; › Selected for the ESRI’s Geo-Innovation program, an Acceleration Platform for GIS Startupreneurs, leading to becoming official business partner of ESRI; › Selected as part of Yes Bank's cohort of start ups for smart cities accelerator and investments program; Founding Team Vikshut Mundkur Arjun P Janananda Co-Founder & CEO Co-Founder & CTO

www.galactica.ai Galactica.ai 3rdiTech Mission to launch India’s Founded with the vision to solve real world India’s first custom camera developers for large remote sensing problems through, the format cameras. The use of synchronised multiple very own Galactica.AI platform is designed and engineered cameras to create an image with unprecedented Gigapixel by bringing the best minds in research and detail, involves using many micro cameras to academia along with strategic industry capture the image and precisely combining high Camera partnerships. The data analytics platform offers resolution digital images as a mosaic based on cutting-edge, powerful Computer Vision & AI pre-defined parameters. to realise high quality video algorithms to extract insights from satellite and surveillance systems for aerial aerial systems surveillance, mapping, and asset Leveraging their expertise lies in image sensors, surveying, defence, homeland inspection data. sensor electronics, custom optics & processing algorithms, they aim to create custom cameras security and border patrol The Galactica cloud analytics platform is a from 5 megapixel onwards with a road map to applications combined with one-stop-shop to manage your geospatial data. become the first Made in India Gigapixel Camera. deep-tech AI powered cloud Our platform has been optimized for storing and Applications of this product include surveillance, running large-scale compute jobs on geospatial defence and homeland security. A Gigapixel analytics platform data. You can create custom dashboards to based video surveillance platform can potentially visualize your data or combine results from resolve details as small as six inches and observe 43 multiple sources in order get a complete picture. an area of 25-50 square kilometres from an altitude of 10- 20,000 feet. Founding Team Dr. Mukul Sarkar Vinayak Dalmia Vrinda Kapoor Based in Silicon Valley and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-Delhi), they are a group of researchers and entrepreneurs with a fondness for all things deep tech and sci-fi.

www.fabheads.in Advanced Company Brief Technology/Product Brief composite fabrication with Composite product fabrication company with 3D Printing Carbon Fiber Parts innovative 3D highly qualified team, developing innovative printers solutions for effectively manufacturing complex The company has indigenously developed the composite parts. With a host of different technology to 3D print Carbon fiber reinforced for printing structures with technology and material to synergise with each thermoplastics for the first time in India. Besides composites and carbon fibre other, the company manufactures high Carbon, the printer is also capable of printing performance 3D printers for composite materials. Glass and Kevlar fiber products. Achievements Hybrid Fabrication and Mold-Free Production › First in India to indigenously develop and commercialise Carbon Fiber 3D Printer; The Hybrid fabrication technique includes Fabheads 3D printing along with existing › First in India to demonstrate indigenously traditional fabrication process like resin infusion, developed Fiber Placement Apparatus; layup, etc. This concept allows for very fast production of higher volumes even without a › Awarded for ‘Outstanding Innovation in requirement of a mold, saving both time and cost. Composites’ at ICERP 2019 (International Conference and Exhibition on Reinforced Plastics); › Awarded the ‘Top Startup in Manufacturing’ in Startupreneurs 2018 by CII; Founding Team Dhinesh Kanagaraj Sreedhar Venugopal Founder & CEO Head of Materials & Tech 44

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Innovations for Defence Excellence Initiatives & Programs Defence India Startup Challenge is an (iDEX) framework, launched in April 2018 at › Set up and manage iDEX network – Partner initiative under the iDEX framework launched by DefExpo, by the Prime Minister of India, primarily Defence Innovation Organization (DIO) in aims at creation of an ecosystem to foster Incubators & Independent Defence Innovation partnership with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) innovation and technology development in Hubs aimed at supporting innovators to create Defence and Aerospace by engaging industries prototypes and/or to commercialise including MSMEs, Start-ups, Individual Innovators, › Communicate with innovators/startups products/solutions based on advanced R&D Institutes & Academia, and provide them technologies in areas of national security. grants/funding and other support to create regarding defence needs product and services for future adoption for SPARK (Support for Prototype and Research Indian defence and aerospace needs. › Design and manage challenges tailored to Kickstart) framework is with the twin vision: iDEX is also the executive arm of the Defence specific innovation needs (a) help create functional prototypes of Innovation Organisation (DIO), which is the legal products/technologies relevant for national entity created by the defence PSUs HAL & BEL - to › Evaluate technologies and products in terms of security (prototyping), and spur fast-moving support the MoD in building the innovation in the Indian defence sector; entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem in their utility and impact on the Indian defence (b) help new tech products/technologies find a Defence in India. setup market and early customer (commercialization) within the Indian Defence Services or the Defence Objectives › Facilitate advanced QA and testing for military PSUs. › Rapid adoption of new technologies for level compliance Applicants showing capability, intent, and promise to be able to produce functional prototypes or to indigenous defence production and › Enable and fund pilots, using innovation funds productize existing technologies will be awarded commercialization grants of up to Rs. 1.5 crores, strictly on a dedicated to the purpose milestone basis and starting, in the form of › Create a platform for Defence Services and DPSUs grant/equity/debt/other relevant structures. › Facilitate rapid adoption, and manufacturing to engage with innovators/startups, seeding the culture of Open Defence Innovation partnerships for scale › Empowered culture to “Fail Fast and Recover Faster” in technology/product co-creation between innovators and users

DISC Challenges 1 Individual Protection System See Through Armour Carbon Fibre Winding (CFW) Active Protection System (APS) Secure hardware based with built-in sensors offline Encryptor Device for Graded Security Development of 4G/LTE Development of Advanced Artificial Intelligence in Unmanned Surface and Remotely Piloted Airborne Laser Weaponry based Tactical Technology Based Logistics & SCM Underwater Vehicles Vehicles Local Area Network Desalination System and Bilge Oily Water Separation System DISC Challenges 2 GPS Anti Jam Device Data Analytics Illegal usage of Drones RADAR - IQ for Air Trajectory Signal Generator

aim.gov.in Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is Government of AIM’s objectives are to create and promote an ecosystem of innovation and India’s flagship initiative to promote a culture of entrepreneurship across the length and breadth of the country at school, university, research innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. institutions, MSME and corporate industry levels. The Mission has been set up under NITI AIM’s objective is to develop new programmes and Aayog, in accordance with the Hon’ble Finance Minister’s declaration in the 2015 Budget policies for fostering innovation in different sectors Speech. of the economy, provide platform and collaboration opportunities for different AIM has multiple programs to encourage and support innovation in the country. stakeholders, create awareness and create an Currently, state of the art Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) are being established in thousands of umbrella structure to oversee innovation schools, world class Atal Incubation Centres (AIC), and Atal Community Innovation ecosystem of the country. Centers (ACIC) are being established for universities and industry, and promotion of product development in areas of national relevance and social importance is being supported AIM’s flagship schemes include establishing Atal through Atal New India Challenges (ANICs). Many other programs under AIM establish Tinkering Labs in schools and Atal Incubation connections between networks and centres of excellence in the Indian innovation ecosystem. Centers in partnership with the private sector, providing scaling up support to Established Under the ATL program, more than 10,000 schools are expected to establish these labs by Incubation Centers, and funding ultra-low cost 2020. More than 100 Atal Incubation Centres (AICs) are likely to established around the solution to India’s most intractable problems country, supporting at least 50-60 startups each over the first five years. More than 100 through Atal New India Challenges and Atal Grand innovators/startups are expected to receive some support for productizing their innovations. Challenges. Other programs being supported through ministries will have even more beneficiaries. Till date, 5441 Atal Tinkering Labs have been selected across the country, out of which 2171 ATLs 5000+ schools in India supported with the from 623 districts have already received the first tranche of grant-in-aid for establishment of setting up of Atal Tinkering Labs the labs in their respective schools. 100+ institutions and foundations supported with the establishment of Atal Incubation Centres

iDEX Partner Incubators www.forgeforward.in/idex www.forgeforward.in www.sineiitb.org iDEX envisages to work with India’s leading incubators, FORGE, Coimbatore offers holistic incubation services Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), which would help in discovery and exploration of covering innovation labs, incubation grant, product & established in 2004 at IIT Bombay, is among of the Startups/MSMEs that can perform the function of business acceleration, and seed capital investment to earliest incubators in academia with proven co-creation. iDEX would work with these incubators transform innovative hardware products/systems into track-record of creating economic growth, strategic closely, tracking upcoming Startups/MSMEs and successful enterprises with potential for growth, value and social relevance. Innovators, and investing in them opportunistically, impacts and profits. from the Defence Innovation Fund. Over 140+ startups and 380+ innovators supported by FORGE aims to create a world-class Centre of Excellence SINE have created 3600+ jobs. SINE is actively The Defence Innovation Organisation has signed MoUs for Defence & Aerospace Innovations, bringing participating in many new programs in collaboration with five incubators nominated as iDEX Partner advanced technology labs, 360D expert-mentoring, with Government, Incubators to mentor entrepreneurs and MSMEs to managed product innovation and business acceleration Institutions, Industry and Academia, and serves as a create, deploy and commercialise technologies and programs. role model for several incubators. products for the Indian military and defence PSUs. www.ciie.co www.incubation.iitm.ac.in www.t-hub.co Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship IITM Incubation Cell (IITMIC) coordinates and leverages T-Hub is a unique public/private partnership between (CIIE) at IIM Ahmedabad helps entrepreneurs turn ideas the synergies in various strands of excellence driving the government of Telangana, 3 of India’s premier into viable businesses. In partnership with their innovation and entrepreneurship at IIT Madras, academic institutes (IIIT-H, ISB & NALSAR) and key mentors, corporates, development agencies, IIMA consisting of cutting edge research, industrial private sector leaders. It stands at the intersection of community and investors, CIIE cultivates a rare breed of interactions, India’s first university-driven Research Park the start-up, academic, corporate, research and entrepreneurs by incubating, accelerating, mentoring and a stellar record of incubation in rural, social and government sectors. and funding innovative startups. industrial technologies. We are anchoring the entire Hyderabad startup CIIE has, over the years, played a multi-dimensional role Registered as a not-for-profit Section 8 Company, ecosystem with a state-of-the-art 70,000 square foot in the entrepreneurial landscape of India through its IITMIC is recognised as a Technology Business building called CatalysT, the largest building in India to incubators, accelerators, seed-investments and Incubator by Startup India, DIPP and NSTEDB, Dept of be entirely dedicated to entrepreneurship. publications. Its deep understanding of the evolving Science & Technology, Government of India. IITMIC gaps, needs, and opportunities in the markets and the supports Students, Faculty, staff & Alumni of IIT-Madras entrepreneurial ecosystem has enabled it to design and External entrepreneurs (or R&D partners to IITM) in initiatives that have attracted and supported the best creating successful deep tech startups, disrupting entrepreneurs in various sectors. industries & translating benefits to the society at large.