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TRAILBLAZERS
 Shaking up the Skies
 Indian Innovators in Global Aerospace
TRAILBLAZERS Shaking up the Skies - Indian Innovators in Global Aerospace - Aero India
TRAILBLAZERS Shaking up the Skies - Indian Innovators in Global Aerospace - Aero India
TRAILBLAZERS Shaking up the Skies - Indian Innovators in Global Aerospace - Aero India
“   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
TRAILBLAZERS Shaking up the Skies - Indian Innovators in Global Aerospace - Aero India
Foreword
TRAILBLAZERS Shaking up the Skies - Indian Innovators in Global Aerospace - Aero India
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
TRAILBLAZERS Shaking up the Skies - Indian Innovators in Global Aerospace - Aero 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
TRAILBLAZERS Shaking up the Skies - Indian Innovators in Global Aerospace - Aero India
Enterprises
www.adtl.co.in

     India’s leading                     Company Brief                                         Technology/Product Brief
     Defence                             One among the most reputed defence R&D,               A comprehensive portfolio of defence grade

     Technologies
                                         manufacturing, systems integration and offset          products covering Opto-Electronics (Laser
                                         management companies in India, ALPHA is a fast        enabled Target Acquisition Systems, Night
                                         growing defence electronics & avionics                Vision (II & Thermal) Imaging Systems)

     Provider
                                         organisation for design and manufacturing,            Electronics Warfare Systems (Missile Launch
                                         founded with the vision to support the Make In        Detection Systems & Missile Approach
                                         India initiative.                                     Warning System), Aerospace Assembly (Radar,
                                                                                               Fuselage, Antenna systems & Pilon), Software
                                         Leadership and management donned by armed             Defined Radios, Satellite communications, and
                                         forces veterans with rich expertise in the design,    RF/Microwave systems.
                                         manufacturing, and on-field commissioning and
                                         maintenance of RADAR, satellite communication,        Thermal Imaging Fire Control
                                         electro optics, software defined radios, guided
                                         missiles systems. Their broad portfolio of core       Systems (TIFCS)
                                         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 &
     with fully integrated R&D,          UAVs, Simulators, Avionics equipment, Tactical        night; stationary and on-the-move operations.
                                                                                               It is a compact, robust, modular, user friendly
                                         Communication Eqpt and Satellite Communication.
     design, development,                                                                      Gunner sight of a tank.

     manufacturing, and lifecycle                                                              Software Defined Radio (SDR)
     maintenance services cutting                                                              SDR is a multi-channel, multi-band, multiple
                                                                                               waveform product covering HF & L bands.
     across diverse areas of products                                                          These radios are compatible for airborne as
                                                                                               well as ground platforms and legacy radio
     with strong international partner                                                         systems.

     network and global market
     presence
                                         Management
                                         Col.(Retd) H.S. Shankar     C.M. Basappa              Capt.(Retd.) T.N. Pranesha      R. Ramachandra Murthy
                                         Chairman & MD               Senior Vice President     Senior Vice President           Senior Vice President
                                                                     (Production)              (Software)                      (Quality Assurance)

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www.dynamatics.com

Company Brief                                             Technology/Product Brief                                  Serving
Dynamatic Technologies designs and builds highly          Fuselage                                               Defence &
                                                                                                           Aerospace OEs
engineered products for Automotive, Aeronautic,           Manufactured aerospace parts such as the
Hydraulic and Security applications. With futuristic     › Wing and rear fuselage for India’s pilotless
design, engineering and manufacturing facilities in       target aircraft - LAKSHYA.

                                                                                                            in 6 continents
Europe and India, the company is able to deliver         › The ailerons and wing flaps for the intermedi-
products and manufacturing solutions to                   ate jet trainer HJT-36.
customers in 6 continents.                               › Major airframe structures for the Sukhoi 30

                                                                                                           from right here
                                                          MKI Fighter Bomber.
A leading vertically integrated supplier to the global
                                                          Flap Track Beams
                                                                                                                    in India
defence and aerospace sectors, it has advanced
engineering capabilities in areas including               Dynamatic-Oldland Aerospace™ works closely
Non-Destructive Testing for aero structures, space        with EADS and Spirit AeroSystems to assemble
grade welding, heat treatment of aluminum alloys,         Flap Track Beams for the Airbus Single Aisle
fluorescent penetrant inspection, resistant spot           A-320 family of aircrafts on a single source
welding, and measurement & inspection (CMM,               basis. This is the first time that a functional
Laser Tracker and Articulated Arm) which are              aero-structure of a major commercial jet is
NADCAP accredited and approved by global OEMs             being manufactured in the Indian Private
like Airbus, Boeing, Bell Helicopter and HAL.             Sector.

Dynamatic Technologies Research & Development                                                                 with the most advanced
Center, established in Bangalore is a world-class
Design Center capable of total product and system                                                            vertically integrated R&D,
design, with advanced capabilities in structural,
thermal and dynamic engineering for analysis,
                                                                                                              Design & Manufacturing
design validation and optimization.                                                                          capabilities, coupled with
                                                                                                              strong local presence in
                                                                                                              Europe and US markets

Management
Udayant (Toby) Malhoutra
CEO & Managing Director

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www.qmaxtest.com

     Global Leader                 Company Brief                                         Technology/Product Brief
     in Electronic &               QMax, a global leader in offering automated test &     The line up of ATE solutions from QMax

     Semicon
                                   diagnostic equipment for electronic & semicon         covers a wide range of options including
                                   systems, with the widest portfolio of solutions and   industrial systems for electronics and semicon
                                   services. It offers integrated Test Automation         manufacturing lines, desktop wire harness

     Automated
                                   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
                                   generation & distribution, transportation,            company offers a suite of software solutions

     Test
                                   bio-medical and manufacturing sectors.                and professional services in electronic &
                                                                                         semicon test automation.

     Equipment &
                                   The company’s manufacturing facility is equipped
                                   with world class BGA\SMD rework systems,              Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
                                   automatic optical inspection system, wave             ATE QT2256-640 PXI system is designed as a

     Solutions
                                   soldering, SMD reflow and fully automatic SMD pick     combination board tester capable of testing
                                   and place machines. The facility employees 100+       highly complex and PCBs employing various
                                   highly qualified and talented pool of human            techniques on a single platform.
                                   resources.
                                                                                         Pro-Rack is a cost effective ATE System, which
                                                                                         comes with Modular Structure provision
                                                                                         option to improvise and enhance much
     with proven track-record as                                                         instrumentation based on the user’s
     top-tier supplier to global                                                         requirements.

     defence and aerospace                                                               Panther4HT Master -Slave DSU
                                                                                         The Master-Slave DSU based Panther4HT wire
     majors                                                                              harness tester is designed for testing and
                                                                                         verifying electrical connections in a cable,
                                                                                         harness, backplane or any wired assembly.

                                   Management
                                   Varun Sabapathi           Robert Kennedy Manoharan    Vaidyanathan Vijayakumar
                                   Managing Director         Vice-President              GM, Sales & Marketing

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www.asteria.co.in

Company Brief                                          Technology/Product Brief                                   Full stack
Asteria Aerospace is a robotics and artificial          A400                                                     unmanned
                                                                                                            aerial solutions
intelligence company that develops drone based        › Autonomous from takeoff to landing
solutions. They offer enterprise aerial (UAV/drone)    › Tool-less assembly and disassembly
solutions that provide actionable intelligence from   › Asteria’s proprietary point-and-click software

                                                                                                              enterprise in
aerial data, with a strong track-record and            for command and control
integrated drone technology stack of hardware,        › Encrypted digital data link for secure
software, and analytics.

                                                                                                                        India
                                                       transmission of data and video
                                                      › Network enabled ground system architecture
Their aerial drone/UAV solutions are enhanced         › Failsafe modes for loss of communication
with deeply customized aerial remote sensing tools     signal, GPS signal and low battery
suited for aerial surveillance and border             › Made in India – Designed, Developed and
security/control applications for military,            Made in India
paramilitary, and police forces. Their strength is
further extended with end-to-end solutions
provided for autonomous survey, inspection and         Cygnus
monitoring of assets in highly complex                 A mini UAS designed from the ground up for
environments in oil and gas, mining, construction      surveillance and security operations with best
                                                       in class endurance, range and payload
and agriculture sectors.
                                                       capabilities, is ideal for military surveillance,             with deep expertise in
                                                       industrial security, and powerline/pipeline
Achievements                                           monitoring applications.                            production of unmanned aerial
                                                       Genesis
                                                                                                            vehicles systems, autonomous
Recognized by the Silicon India’s StartupCity
magazine as ‘one of the 10 best startups’ providing    A network platform for drone based                   flight/mission control systems,
                                                       surveillance & security operations, designed to
drone solutions in India in 2017.
                                                       be hosted on cloud/on-premise for maximum                          compact/rugged
                                                       flexibility, and is future ready for integration
                                                       into sophisticated security solutions.
                                                                                                               aerostructures, miniaturized
                                                                                                                  avionics, and surveillance
                                                                                                                      software engineering
Management
Nihar Vartak              Neel Mehta
Founder & Director        Co-Founder & Director

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www.ideaforge.co.in

     Partner to                       Company Brief                                          Technology/Product Brief
     DRDO and                         ideaForge is the largest manufacturer of UAVs, with    Q Series

     Market Leaders
                                      their portfolio of products ranging from               Smallest short range VTOL quadcopter, is the
                                      Quadcopters, Fixed Wing UAVs and Drones custom         most efficient drone and very economical,
                                      designed for aerial operations in defence,             built with tried and tested military design

     in compact
                                      commercial and government sector in India,             principles. The product has gained rapid
                                      meeting global aerospace and defence certification      adoption in defence, industrial, and
                                      standards.

     UAV products
                                                                                             commercial aerospace sector catering to high
                                                                                             performance needs in security & surveillance,
                                      This leading vertically integrated (R&D, design &      aerial inspection, photogrammetry, traffic
                                      manufacturing, software, services and training)        management, crowd management & disaster
                                      aerial robotics company-built on a strong              relief applications.
                                      foundation of interdisciplinary engineering delivers
                                      high-performance, safe, and autonomous
                                      unmanned systems for enhancing productivity and        NETRA V
                                      security.                                              NETRA V Series is a fully autonomous,
                                                                                             man-portable small UAV. The UAV is equipped
                                      The organization was founded in 2007 by a team of      with fail-safe modes. Salient features of the
                                      enterprising IIT Bombay graduates and has been at      UAV include image stabilization, autonomous
                                      the forefront of developing globally unmatched         target tracking and day-night cameras which
     a vertically integrated aerial   and indigenous technology for drones.                  are programmed to provide real-time footage
                                                                                             in the daytime as well as pitch dark conditions.
     robotics company having
     emerged a winner in both         Achievements                                           Switch Hybrid
                                                                                             Switch Hybrid is a first-of-its-kind VTOL and
     defence and commercial           Recognised as R&D partner with Defence Research        fixed wing UAV. It is used for long range, long
                                                                                             endurance security and GIS applications.It is
                                      and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of
     aerospace sectors                Defence, India, it has multiple IPs to its credit,     also used for security & surveillance,
                                      including one for World’s Smallest Autopilot.          inspection photogrammetry.

                                      Management
                                      Ankit Mehta                Rahul Singh                 Ashish Bhat              Vipul Joshi
                                      Co-Founder & CEO           Co-Founder & CTO            Co-Founder & CTO         Chief Operating Officer

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www.metallicbellows.org

Company Brief                                          Technology/Product Brief                           Making ‘Make
Founded in 1980, this R&D led company is a             Bellows For Tejas                                 In India for the
                                                                                                         World’ a reality
leading manufacturer of Bellows and Expansion          Gimbal Joints are used in Environmental
Joints catering to a wide clientele across several     Control Systems of LCA to ensure flexibility in
industrial, aerospace and defence sectors.             the Bleed air ducts operating at high

                                                                                                          for 4 decades
                                                       temperature. These are manufactured from
The strong focus in R&D backed by deep domain          high temperature resistance alloy inconel 625 .
expertise in design and engineering, and               These bellows will take movements in all 3

                                                                                                                    now
unparalleled reliability, have made this company       axes.
the only indigenous supplier to ISRO (space) and
HAL (military and commercial aerospace), and a         Hydroformed T-joint – For BrahMos
strong partner to the Indian defence services in       Hydroforming is a metal fabricating and
realising their vision of indigenisation.              forming process. This process is cost effective.
                                                       Specialized type of die moulding that utilizes
Achievements                                           highly pressurized fluid to form metal. Here
                                                       the wall thinning is very minimal. Hydraulic
                                                       pressure of the order of 2500 to 4000 bar is
Metallic Bellows has contributed immensely to the      applied to form these Joints. Received Award
indigenization drives of the Indian defence            for Excellence from SIATI for Indigenization of
production through its design, development,            T-Joint.
engineering and manufacturing services to HAL                                                                  Design and Engineering
with the supply of Gimbal bellows of Dia 32, 50, 63
& Gimbal Venturi Assembly for the LCA products of
                                                       Relief Valve For Jaguar
                                                       Bellows used in pressure regulating valve
                                                                                                         partner for ISRO and HAL, and
HAL. It has gained the rare reputation and status as
being the only Indian supplier of metallic bellows
                                                       which is a part of liquid oxygen system of         Indigenisation partner for the
                                                       Jaguar aircraft.
and hoses for the PSLV and GSLV launch vehicles of                                                        Indian Defence Forces (Army,
ISRO, and recently completed the delivery of
components to LPSC, Trivandrum.                                                                                         Navy & Airforce)

Management
R. Gopalakrishnan            G. Shankar                Nishanth Ramesh
Founder                      Director                  Director

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www.polyhose.com

     Asia’s #1                      Company Brief                                              Technology/Product Brief
     Supplier of                    A multinational conglomerate focussed on design,           Most comprehensive suite of thermoplastic

     Thermoplastic
                                    development, manufacturing, and distribution of            hoses, and hose assemblies for aerospace
                                    fluid conveyance products like aero-grade                   systems
                                    polymer/elastomer hoses and fluid connectors.

     Hoses for
                                    A fully indigenous supplier serving domestic and           Fluid Conveyance System
                                    export markets with modern state of art facilities         Flexible composite Hoses and Hose
                                    with highly trained and skilled expertise to deliver

     Defence &
                                                                                               assemblies in widest variety of materials for
                                    premium quality, reliable, and high performing             PTFE, Thermoplastic, Hydraulic Rubber,
                                    products.                                                  Industrial, Stainless steel material.

     Aerospace                      The fluid connector division has been accredited
                                    with AS9100D to manufacture and supply of metal
                                    end fittings and other machined components for
                                                                                               Fluid Connectors
                                                                                           › High/Medium pressure hydraulic and
                                                                                               pneumatic hose and hose assemblies
                                    aerospace applications to both commercial and
                                                                                           ›   Aviation Fueling & Defueling hose
                                    defence sector OEMs. The company has
                                                                                           ›   Oxygen hose
                                    established special Aerospace assembly line and
                                                                                           ›   Convoluted PTFE hoses
                                    Testing lab facilities for meeting international
                                                                                           ›   Metal end fittings in different materials such
                                    standards.
                                                                                               as Stainless Steel, Titanium, Mild steel,
     with the most                                                                             Aluminum and Brass
                                    Achievements
     comprehensive Aerospace
     standards certifications and   First Indian supplier and only one in Asia to have
                                    complete Aerospace certifications including,
     product accreditations         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

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www.jayasuriya.org

Company Brief                                            Technology/Product Brief                           15000+ parts
Manufacturer of airworthy products and                   High quality aerospace engineering parts and     indigenised for
                                                                                                         Indian defence,
standardized parts and assemblies compliant with         assemblies developed for a variety of defence
various International standards, and proven              and aerospace, and satellite products
supplier to aviation and aerospace OEMs, both            including:

                                                                                                         aerospace, and
private sector multinationals and public sector      ›   Light Combat Aircraft (LCH)
majors.                                              ›   Light Combat Helicopter(LCH)
                                                     ›   Light Utility Helicopter(LUH)

                                                                                                            space sector
The company has indigenized over 15000               ›   Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH)
individual parts for the Indian Airforce and HAL,    ›   Jaguar Aircraft
having achieved certification from CEMILAC (Center    ›   BrahMos Missiles
for Military Airworthiness and Certification) for     ›   Airborne Missiles developed by DRDL, RCI, &
aerospace, and acceptance from DRDO (Defence             DRDO
Research and Development Organisation) for           ›   Missiles and Munitions manufactured by BDL
space.                                               ›   Launch vehicles and satellites of ISRO
                                                     ›   Utility Helicopters of Indian, Russian and
                                                         Western Cheetah
Achievements
Excellence Award in indigenisation of aerospace
fasteners & standard parts in the year 2016 by                                                                  with Certification from
Padma Shri Dr. A.S. Kiran Kumar, Former Chairman
ISRO and Secretary Dept of Space.                                                                          CEMILAC, DRDO, ISRO and
                                                                                                          all DPSUs, covering missiles
                                                                                                          systems, combat and utility
                                                                                                              aircraft platforms, launch
                                                                                                                  vehicles and satellites

Founding Team
Kalaiarasu Subramaniyam          Jayanthi Desappan
Director                         Director

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www.thesalemaeropark.com

     ZED GOLD                     Company Brief                                             Technology/Product Brief
     rated metal                  Aerospace Engineers are ZED GOLD rated company            Deemed Long Term suppliers for engine

     and non-metal
                                  focused towards design and development of                 projects like Sukhoi-30, Shakthi, Artouste,
                                  aerospace and defence grade oil pumps, gasket             Garrett, Orpheus, Dart, Adour, PTAE through
                                  and fasteners. As one of the leading organizations        Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore and

     based
                                  in indigenously design and manufacture both               Sukhoi Engine Division, Koraput
                                  metallic and non metallic precision aeronautical          manufacturing,
                                  components they are the tier-1 supplier for

     component
                                  aerospace OEMs. CEMILAC certified company              › Lubricating Oil Pump for Main Gear Box for
                                  supplies with manufacturing standards on-par with         ALH & LUH
                                                                                        ›

     supplier
                                  the global suppliers and also exports to global           Dual Pumps
                                  markets.                                              ›   Metallic Braided Hose Assemblies
                                                                                        ›   Tail Cone Assembly
                                  The company has indigenously developed about          ›   Roller Lifter Assembly
                                  15,000 parts that goes into helicopters, missiles,    ›   Pilot Control Column & Throttle Handle
                                  combat aircrafts and also for civilian aircrafts.     ›   Canopy Inflatable Seal
                                                                                        ›   Tungsten & Graphite Machining
                                                                                        ›   Composite components
                                  Achievements                                          ›   Lock Nut & Washers
                                                                                        ›   Kover Material machining
     developing components for   › Awarded FIRST PRIZE in QUALITY PRODUCTS-2015         ›   Harness Clamps
                                                                                        ›   Metal Bonded
     combat aircrafts and         by Ministry of MSME in 2015;
                                 › Recognised as the most Innovative MSME in the        ›   Vibration Isolators
     helicopter engines.           country and awarded by Hon’ble Prime Minister of
                                   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
                                  Sundaram Ramaswamy                                        Ramachandran R          Jawaharlal R K
                                  Founder & Managing Director                               Executive Director      General Manager

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www.lmwatc.com

 Company Brief                                         Technology/Product Brief                                   One-Stop
 Founded in 1962, for manufacturing Textile            Aero Structure Components                                   Design &
                                                                                                                Engineering
 Machinery, LMW has over years become one              Wing skins, panels, brackets, stiffeners, ribs,
 among the three manufacturers of the entire range     fuselage, frames, spars including assemblies
 of textile machines in the global market. LMW later   and sub-assemblies, structures for RADAR

                                                                                                                  Solutions
 diversified into CNC Machine Tools and Foundry         domes on aircraft.
 Equipment, making High Precision Castings and is
 today a global supplier.

                                                                                                                 Partner for
                                                       Aero Engine Components
 In 2010, LMW added to their formidable                Casing, shaft, housing, nozzle guide vanes,
                                                       turbine discs, impellers, compressor discs

                                                                                                                     Global
 engineering manufacturing portfolio, the LMW
 Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) to produce           includes assemblies and sub-assemblies.
 components for the Aerospace OEMs mainly
                                                       Precision Machine Components
                                                                                                                 Aerospace
 focused on engine, structural, sheet metal
 components and subassemblies. The company has         Actuator, landing gear components and gear
 set up world class manufacturing unit with NADCAP     box components.

                                                                                                                      OEMs
 and AS9100D certified manufacturing process and
 technicians, manufacturing metal and composite        Sheet Metal Fabrication
 aerospace structures.                                 Aero engine & structural components, seal
                                                       segment, rings, heat shield, cover plate,
                                                                                                                  offering custom design,
 Achievements                                          including assemblies and subassemblies for
                                                       helicopters.
                                                                                                         machining, and manufacturing
› Awarded by DRDO as the best Defence Technology
  Absorption company in 2017;
                                                       Composite Structures and                                  services for components,
› Received Best Performance Award for 2017 given       Components                                       systems and assemblies ranging
  by HAL, Engine Division;                             Spacecrafts, Aircrafts and Helicopters.
› Recognised as the Best Sheet Metal Partner by HAL,                                                        from Aero engine parts, Aero
  Engine Division in 2015;
                                                                                                             structures & assemblies, and
                                                                                                                         Aero composites

 Management
 Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu                               Soundhar Rajhan K
 Chairman & Managing Director                          Director – Operations
                                                       (LMW-MTD, Foundry & ATC)
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www.melss.com

     Leading                            Company Brief                                           Technology/Product Brief
     Strategic                          A leading supplier of high technology electronic        TERADYNE

     Electronics
                                        products since 1982, with three major divisions         Teradyne’s fully integrated functional test
                                        focused on Strategic Electronics, Automation &          systems verify and calibrate the most complex
                                        Control, and Test & Measurement. The Strategic          electronics in the defense and aerospace

     supplier Serving
                                        Electronics Division specialises in training and        industry. Their systems are tough, and can
                                        maintenance simulators, custom ATEs, data               deliver high- performance digital, analog,
                                        acquisition systems, MIL standard product design

     over 15 Air force
                                                                                                mixed-signal and serial bus testing. This meets
                                        including Airborne LRUs, obsolescence                   the demanding environment of military
                                        management projects, ruggedisation to MIL               depots, factories, commercial maintenance,

     Stations in India
                                        standards and software development.                     and overhaul facilities.

                                        The multidisciplinary capabilities and expertise
                                        possessed by the company coupled with                   MX-5210
                                        comprehensive approvals and certifications from          Dual port simultaneous soldering and rework
                                        DGQA, CEMILAC etc. is an advantage in being             system which is highly effective for soldering
                                        recognised as one among the leading suppliers to        applications including: lead-free, high mass
                                        the defence electronics in the domestic and global      components or boards, thermally sensitive
                                        supply chains.                                          components that require low operating
                                                                                                temperature, high volume production
     offering comprehensive                                                                     soldering and touch-up soldering operations.
                                        Achievements                                            In addition, the MX-5210 can be used for
     portfolio of products,                                                                     conduction rework of SMDs when using SMTC
                                                                                                series soldering cartridges simultaneously.
     custom design and                  Major indigenisation projects undertaken for
                                        Indian Defence Forces and the Defence PSUs are:
     engineering services, and      ›   Revamping of the Submarine Simulator for the
                                        Indian Navy, saving tens of crores of training costs;
     major indigenisation partner   ›   Development of Airborne Video Recorder for the
                                        fighter aircrafts;
     to Indian defence services     ›   Development of Data Distribution Unit for the first
                                        Aircraft Carrier built by India;
                                    ›   Ruggedisation of COTS communication Equipment
                                        to MIL Standards;

                                        Management
                                        N Ramachandran               T Srinivasan
                                        Managing Director            President

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www.kovidndt.com

  Company Brief                                           Technology/Product Brief                                   Nuclear
  Lucid is a software solutions company with              Kovid RT                                                    grade
                                                                                                               Non-Destruc
  expertise in a range of NDT techniques including        Kovid RT is a decision support system for
  Ultrasound (UT), X-ray, eddy current, ground            radiography data analysis. Kovid RT supports
  penetrating RADAR and Impact Echo. Services             a variety of x ray equipment including

                                                                                                                tive Testing
  extended include licensing of the Kovid suite of        digitizers, computed radiography (CR)
  software platforms (like Kovid UT, Kovid RT, Kovid      hardware and digital radiography (DR) Flat
  CT and Kovid iMaV) and delivering custom software

                                                                                                                   Solutions
                                                          panels and LDAs. The software incorporates
  development.                                            over 100 filters which aid in analysis and
                                                          support the development of Assisted or

                                                                                                                    Provider
  Their customer base covers leading OEMs and             Automated Defect Recognition (ADR)
  manufacturers in the aerospace, energy (thermal,        algorithms.
  nuclear and renewables), oil and gas sectors. The
  company has built a network of strong global
  partners with NDT Hardware suppliers and system         Kovid UT
  integrators, and have worked in joint development       Kovid UT is a UT data acquisition and analysis
  projects with renowned R&D organizations such as        software. It supports both conventional
  EPRI in the US, and the Fraunhofer Society in           multi-channel and Phased Array systems.
  Germany.                                                Kovid UT has modules for controlling scanners
                                                          and advanced features such as delay law
                                                          calculators. A number of custom applications     collaborating with global R&D
  Achievements                                            such as for composite inspection, weld
                                                          inspection etc have been developed on top of          organizations and system
                                                          the standard software.
› Developed & implemented an Assisted Defect
  Recognition (ADR) algorithm for Digital X ray
                                                                                                                    integrators to deliver
  inspection for Swage Joints for Boeing;                                                                          world-class Assisted or
› Developed and qualified ADR algorithms for Digital
  X ray inspection of Aerospace Castings. This was a                                                        Automated Defect Detection
  Materials Affordability Initiative of the US Air Force
  and program managed by PCC;                                                                                solutions for Aerospace and
› Developed Acoustic Mouse Technology in
  cooperation with EPRI;
                                                                                                                    Defence sector OEMs

  Management
  Krishna Mohan Reddy          C P Madhusudan
  Co-Founder & CEO             Director

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Startups
www.aerosensetechnologies.in

    Company Brief                                          Founding Team                                       17+ Patents in
    Design, development and assembly of innovative         Sushant Gupta                                         Terrestrial &
                                                                                                              Aerial Robotics
    unmanned aerial systems ranging from micro             MD & CEO
    drones to UAV drone transport services, suited for     Sushant Gupta (Co-Founder) is the 1st Indian to
    a wide array of applications in industrial, defence,   design, develop and fly an unmanned aerial

                                                                                                             Systems Design
    and agricultural sectors. The company offers the        vehicle for US Army at Fort Benning’s, Georgia
    widest portfolio of indigenously designed UAVs,        USA, with the experience of having developed
    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
                                                           for defence applications for Indian Army,
                                                           Canadian Army, and US marines.
    Achievements
› Over 17 patents in this domain and has designed,
  developed and deployed more than 18 unmanned
  terrestrial and aerial systems including micro/mini
  UAVs, hybrid UAVs (rotor/wing crafts), loitering
  munitions (combat UAVs), remotely operated
  vehicles, throwable robots, EOD Robots, CBRNE
  robot etc. which are currently in service with the
  Indian Armed Forces;                                                                                       Widest portfolio of indigenously
› Trained and certified more than 1000 operators of
  unmanned systems in around 80 defence/paramili-                                                                  developed aerial vehicles
  tary units across the world, and has earned
  Appreciation Certificates;
                                                                                                              ranging from micro Drones to
› Developed Navigation Control System for Project                                                                 Transportation UAVs, with
  Mantra (CVRDE–BMP–II Teleoperation);
                                                                                                              Training/Certification services
                                                                                                             for defence/paramilitary forces.
    Technology/Product Brief
    Hawk Eye Cargo Delivery Drone                          Hawk Eye Agriculture Drone
›   Endurance         - 60 minutes                         - 60 minutes
›   Weight            - 120 Kg                             - 60 Kg
›   Range             - 20 km                              - 20 km
›   Payload           - 50 kg User Defined                  - 20 kg User Defined
›   Flight Modes      - Fully Autonomous                   - Fully Autonomous
›   MIL               - STD 461E , JSS55555                - STD 461E , JSS55555
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www.optimizedelectrotech.com

     Human                            Company Brief                                             Technology/Product Brief
     Detection at 20                  Electro-Optics design, engineering and                    Surveillance Systems

     kms &
                                      manufacturing services company focused in the           › Human detection upto 20 kms distance and
                                      Indigenous Design, Development and                        identification upto 1 km;
                                      Manufacture (IDDM) of imaging, vision, camera           › Ruggedised systems suitable for military, aerial,

     Identification at
                                      and surveillance products with software image             and cross-border deployments;
                                      processing and analytics solutions catering to          › High contrast images suited for accurate image
                                      multiple applications in commercial aerospace,            processing and analytics;

     1 km distance
                                      maritime, industrial, and defence sectors.              › High quality imaging even in low/fluctuating light
                                                                                                conditions;
                                      The surveillance system engineered to deliver           › Friend vs Foe detection + Narrow Field of View
                                      advanced vision in air traffic control for                  capabilities;
                                      military/commercial aviation, border patrol,            › Proven for air traffic control applications for
                                      critical infrastructure inspection and aerial survey.     military and commercial aviation;

                                      Supported by SINE IIT-Bombay & Intel India under
                                      PlugIn accelerator program, and TiE Pune under
                                      Nurture 7.0 program.

     Indigenous design and            Achievements
     manufacturing of defence       › Over 30+ patents filed/published and 30+
                                      publications published in the fields of Electronics
     and aerospace grade              and Optics;
     Electro-Optics hardware
     systems and software
     platforms

                                      Founding Team
                                      Sandeep Shah              Kuldeep Saxena                  Dharin Shah                 Anil Yekkala
                                      MD & CEO                  Executive Director              Executive Director          Executive Director

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www.combatroboticsindia.com

 Company Brief                                                 Technology/Product Brief                                World’s first
 Design and development of rugged and all-terrain              Arishta                                                 chassis less
                                                                                                                       Amphibious
 UGVs, specialising in highly innovative designs           › World’s First Chassis Less Amphibious Ground
 suitable for combat and intelligence purposes,                Vehicle
 also integrated with autonomous driving and               ›   All Terrain Remote Controlled multi-utility robot

                                                                                                                    Ground Vehicle
 navigation, advanced battery management                   ›   Detect & Monitor Mines
 systems, suited for various applications in               ›   Transmit live feed from inaccessible terrain
 military, disaster relief, coastal marine operations.     ›   Modular Grip Attachments for Plug & Play
                                                               usability
 Supported by SINE IIT-Bombay & Intel India under          ›   Design with minimum components for Zero
 PlugIn accelerator program, and TiE Pune under                Failures
 Nurture 7.0 program.                                      ›   Magnet arrangement for deployment and
                                                               recovery from height
                                                           ›   Modular Attachments for easy Plug and Play
 Achievements                                              ›   Endurance: 3 Hr

› Selected amongst the top 10 defence startups in
 India by FICCI;
› Most Innovative Start-up at Fourth World
 Congress on Disaster Management held at IIT
 Bombay;                                                                                                              Autonomous, combat ready
                                                                                                                   and surveillance enabled UGVs
                                                                                                                     for ultra-long endurance and
                                                                                                                          rugged and inaccessible
                                                                                                                             all-terrain applications

 Founding Team
 Ganesh Pandit Suryawanshi           Arjun Singh Rathore         Yuvaraj Karoshi        Sandeep Bhole
 Founder & CEO

 Nitesh Ambare

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www.nopo.in

     Single Walled                     Company Brief                                           Technology/Product Brief
     Carbon                            Research and fabrication of single walled carbon        NoPo carbon nanotubes have been

     Nanotubes
                                       nanotubes (an advanced light, strong material           applied in the development of various
                                       that is conduction and radiation resistant) based
                                       aero materials which can be used for aerospace
                                                                                               products:
                                                                                              › Superblack Optical Coating for Spacecraft,
                                       and defence products, with multiple spinoff
                                                                                                capable of improving performance of star tracker
                                       applications in biotechnology, water, automobiles
                                                                                                equipment and optical components;
                                       and other industrial segments.
                                                                                              › High strength Silk, 5 times tougher than Kevlar;
                                                                                              › Molecular Water Transport Membrane 1000x
                                       NoPo’s grand vision is to enable the transition of
                                                                                                faster than other Bio Membranes;
                                       humanity into space faring species-by making this
                                                                                              › New class of CFRP Composite suitable for
                                       space material accessible to all.
                                                                                                Aerostructures with 30% higher modulus and
                                                                                                stiffness, capable of self sensing;
                                       Achievements
                                     › Winner of IIGP Grant in 2018, sponsored by DST,
                                       Lockheed Martin and Tata Trusts;
                                     › Selected for the Grant under the ELEVATE 100
                                       program of Dept. of IT, Govt. of Karnataka;
     An advanced light, strong,
     conduction and radiation
     resistant, ideally suited for
     aerospace and defence
     applications

                                       Founding Team
                                       Gadhadar Reddy       Dr. Robert Kelley Bradley            Dr. Rajat Rakkhit                Changalaraya Reddy
                                       Founder & CEO        Co-Founder, Co-Inventor - HiPCO      Co-Founder, Head-strategy        Angel Investor

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www.parallax.co.in

 Company Brief                                       Technology/Product Brief                                AR/VR/MR
 Design and development of platforms and             Aerospace                                              Hardware &
                                                                                                              Software
 systems for delivering enterprise grade solutions   Gamified training modules with immersive and
 in immersive technologies. Building on              interactive Virtual Reality content for routine
 commercially popular software, hardware and         aircraft inspection and maintenance operations,

                                                                                                           solutions for
 computing systems in virtual, augmented and         with assessment report and recommendations
 mixed reality, the company caters to                for rectification/improvement.
 manufacturing, pharma, automotive, aerospace,
                                                     Defence
                                                                                                             Aerospace
 and defence verticals. With a team of competent
 professionals in mechatronics, computer science,    Developed mixed/virtual reality based training
 software engineering, and user experience and       centre for paramedic staff in Indian Navy for
 interaction design, they offer end-to-end fully      effective procedural training at lowest costs,
 integrated content design, development and          creating multiple emergency scenarios and
 delivery solutions of the company is proven to      simulation of highly critical on-field situations.
 offer increased operational effectiveness and
 boost profitability.
                                                     Satellite Terrestrial Imaging
                                                     A 3D mapping and modeling tool to generate high
 Achievements                                        quality terrestrial maps based on input satellite
                                                     planetary data, with visualisation and annotation
› Over 40+ projects completed successfully serving
                                                     features to facilitate collaboration and analytics.
                                                                                                                    for aerospace,
  a diverse portfolio of clients across several
  industry verticals;                                                                                       maufacturing, pharma,
› Established 5 VR/AR labs in Europe and USA for
  leading automotive manufacturers, suppliers, and
                                                                                                           and automotive verticals
  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

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www.astrome.co

     Lowest cost                   Company Brief                                         Technology/Product Brief
     wireless                      Research and development focussed satellite           SpaceNet

     connectivity
                                   communication company with a vision of                SpaceNet provides high speed internet to ships
                                   mmWave ubiquitous and affordable wireless              and outposts in remote areas. Upto 400Mbps per
                                   connectivity brought to reality. Incubated at         device (user equipment) specifically designed for

     using mmWave
                                   Indian Institute of Science, and powered by           moving platforms like aircraft and ships. Each
                                   indigenous V/W-Band wireless technology,              SpaceNet transponder forms thousands of
                                   Astrome is building SpaceNnet - a constellation of    spot-beams over its footprint which can be

     satellite
                                   200 low-earth orbit satellites, each carrying their   configured remotely by software, while offering
                                   in-house developed ultra high capacity                12X more than conventional satellites.

     communications
                                   transponders that provides broadband internet
                                   services to consumers, industrial sectors, and        GigaMesh
                                   armed forces.                                         GigaMesh extends the range of fiber by
                                                                                         distributing capacity wirelessly. Upto 80+ Gbps
                                   Astrome has also developed GigaMesh - a               per device, ideal for providing 4G/5G connectivity
                                   multi-Gbps, multi point-to-point wireless             to outposts in remote areas. GigaMesh forms
                                   communication device that extends the range of        multiple point-to-point links with narrow
                                   4G/5G infrastructure by providing fibre-like           electronically steerable beams, resulting in
                                   capacity wirelessly.                                  additive capacity and very high frequency reuse,
                                                                                         which reduces OpEx and multiplies returns on
     Powered by 200+ low-earth
                                   Achievements                                          CapEx.
     orbit satellites with
     indigenous ultra high       › Winner of IIGP Grant in 2018, sponsored by DST,
                                   Lockheed Martin and Tata Trusts;
     capacity transponders       › 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
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www.garudan.ind.in

Company Brief                                            Technology/Product Brief                              Wide array of
Manufacturing indigenously designed and                  Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Systems (UAV/UAS)
                                                         custom designed to suit various types of               indigenous
                                                                                                                      UAVs
developed portfolio of UAVs for diverse
surveillance and imaging applications with a             surveillance, mapping, and inspection missions
combination of rotorcrafts, fixed wings crafts,           with integrated autonomous capabilities,
customised camera and image processing                   advanced processors and sensors for onboard
payloads for medium to long range, high                  data processing and analytics.
accuracy, and high performance missions.
                                                         The Vaanvili series of UAVs designed and
With UAV, UAS, GCS (Ground Control Station), ISR         operated by the company cover a range of high
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
beyond design and development of innovative              ISR missions meeting the ruggedness and
aerial vehicles, systems, and surveillance               reliability standards of defence, naval, and border
equipment. Building on their technologies and            securiry applications.
products, the offer integrated solutions for
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                    with integrated software
                                                                                                               platforms for Autonomous
                                                                                                                    flight/mission control,
                                                                                                                  Ground Control Station,
                                                                                                                          and customised
                                                                                                                          intelligence and
                                                                                                                     surveillance missions

Founding Team
Nandakumar Muruganantham                                 Kalpana Muruganantham
Director                                                 Director

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www.generalaeronautics.com

     100+ years of                      Company Brief                                       Technology/Product Brief
     UAV design and                     Aircraft Design and Engineering services for        GA-3

     engineering
                                        building highly customised UAS, UAVs and drones     Versatile UAV platform with open payload
                                        for various commercial airlines, agricultural,      architecture and more than 60 mins of flight time.
                                        industrial and defence applications, for

     experience
                                        humanitarian aid, disaster relief and               GA-3T
                                        surveillance/intelligence missions. The             Endurance in excess of 6 hrs with up to 2 kg
                                        engineering team, backed with several hundred       payload with up to 6 km range. Drone is capable
                                        man-years of experience in design and               of HD quality video transmission and has been
                                        development of aerial systems, are at par with      aerodynamically designed to be stable to
                                        global standards of talent in aircraft design and   maneuver in high head winds.
                                        engineering.
                                                                                            GA-3H
                                        Achievements                                        Designed for high-altitude/high-payload (15 kg)
                                                                                            capabilities, custom designed for HALE operation.
                                                                                            The design variant for precision agriculture
                                      › Only CEMILAC approved design unit for the
                                                                                            operations has 15 ltr payload carrying capacity
                                        development of compact UAV systems and
     delivering lowest cost             platforms in India;
                                                                                            with advanced crop specific nozzles and ample
                                                                                            endurance to cover a range of more than three
                                      › Attained R&D Certification from DSIR;
     advanced and compact                                                                   acres in a single flight.

     unmanned aerial systems and
     vehicles with different
     payloads to serve various use
     cases including precision
     agriculture, GIS surveying and
     surveillance.

                                        Founding Team
                                        Dr. Kota Harinarayana      Dr. Anutosh Moitra       Air Cmde PK Choudhary        Abhishek Burman
                                        Chairman                   Founder Director         Founder Director             Founder & CEO

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www.stelae-technologies.com

Company Brief                                          Technology/Product Brief                               AI powered
Enterprise IT Solutions company pioneering Data        Khemeia™ Transforms Unstructured Documents
                                                       to Structured Outputs in S1000D, DITA, Json, XML   Documentation
                                                                                                            Management
Management software systems aerospace and
defence sectors, providing standard NLP based          standardised formats
aircraft maintenance digitisation software system.

                                                                                                                  System
                                                     › S1000dD is the Information Exchange standard in
The AI software Khemeia™ is a content acquisition      Aerospace & Defence to enable the Digital
engine for all data applications which detects and     Transformation of the industry.

                                                                                                            incubated by
extracts content elements in unstructured            › Stelae Technologies with is software Khemeia™
documents, meta-data, structures content               has been one of the pioneers in this space since
                                                       2012, to transform technical publications to

                                                                                                                   AirBus
(paragraphs, images, tables, footnotes,
multi-column text). Currently implemented at           S1000D– creating an automated, scalable and
major enterprise and public sector entities across     cost effective solution to transform large data
many verticals.                                        volumes.

Achievements
Stelae Technologies, has won multiple awards –
IBM Global Entrepreneur winner for India & APAC
in 2014, CIO Asia Magazine Top 20 Product                                                                         Strong track-record of
Companies in 2015, Nasscom’s Emerge 10
companies in 2015 and more recently, UKTI’s                                                                   customer acquisition and
Global Entrepreneur Program (2015) and London
& Partner’s India Emerging 20 in 2016.
                                                                                                               systems integration with
                                                                                                              leading Aerospace OEMs
                                                                                                                      and gaining rapid
                                                                                                                 acceptance within the
                                                                                                                           armed forces

Founding Team
Aruna Schwarz            Pierre Fraisse                Sandeep Raizada
Founder & CEO            Co-Founder & CTO              Co-Founder & VP-Engg

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www.manastuspace.com

     Green                            Company Brief                                           Technology/Product Brief
     Propulsion                       Research and development of indigenous                  Green propulsion system for satellite launch
                                                                                              vehicles using hydrogen peroxide based

     system for
                                      propulsion technology, including innovative
                                      thrusters for satellites, rockets and landers. Their    propellant offering significant benefits:
                                      propulsion systems are non carcinogenic, less

     satellite launch
                                      toxic and available for a lower cost compared to
                                                                                             › Non toxic propellent avoids fatal accidents during
                                      conventional systems.                                    the handling of propulsion systems, and high-risk
                                                                                               exposure to carcinogenic hydrazine based

     vehicles
                                      In partnership with IIT Bombay, the company has          propellants;
                                      achieved significant progress in the development        › Innovative engine designed for propulsion system
                                      and trials of their green propulsion systems with        catalyses satellite launch vehicle performance
                                      significant size, cost, and performance benefits           with reduced satellite size/volume, 40% less
                                      for satellite launch vehicles.                           toxicity, 25% higher performance, and 30% cost
                                                                                               savings;

                                      Achievements                                            Credentials
                                    › Worlds top 10 start up to pitch to global investors
                                      like Airbus, Lockheed, Boeing, NASA at IAC 2018,        Founding Team comprises of ex-DRDO scientists
                                      Germany, world leading conference;                      with decades of combined experience in the
     reducing significantly         › Winner of the IIGP, solving problems of tomorrow        space and satellite systems, developed a satellite
                                                                                              launched by ISRO still live and was built in IIT
     satellite size/volume, lower     by DST, Lockheed and Tata;
                                                                                              Bombay.

     production and operating
     costs, less toxic and
     non-fatal.

                                      Founding Team
                                      Tushar Jadhav                Ashtesh Kumar
                                      Co-Founder & CEO             Co-Founder & CTO

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www.aus.co.in

    Company Brief                                       Technology/Product Brief                               10x Time &
    Delivery of Drone/UAV enabled aerial survey &       Insight PPK                                           Effort saved
                                                                                                                      than
    inspection services covering custom flight           Insight PPK eliminates the requirement of Ground
    missions combined with proprietary cloud            Control Points (GCPs) with advanced data
    platform for data acquisition, visualization, and   visualization and analytics used for survey and

                                                                                                             conventional
    analytics capabilities catering to multiple         mapping. It saves 10x time and effort as
    industrial sectors, with a strong track-record of   compared to any other conventional drone
    winning several government contracts.               technology.

    User friendly, fully autonomous drones that can
    be used in industries for survey and mapping,
                                                                                                                   Drones
    inspection and precision agriculture. The
    company strives to provide a high-value
    enterprise drone solutions across GIS
    survey/map, industry inspection and precision
    agriculture.

    Achievements
› Over 12 Lakh acres area mapped in last 12                                                                  in delivering full-spectrum
›
    months;
    Empanelled with 6 state governments in India;                                                             enterprise aerial solutions
›
›
    Among the Top 10 AgriTech companies of 2018;
    Capacity to cover more than 90 sq.km per day;
                                                                                                            powered by advanced data
›   250+ villages mapped in Rajasthan for watershed                                                               storage, analytics and
    development;
                                                                                                               visualization platform for
                                                                                                           wide ranging applications in
                                                                                                               several industrial sectors

    Founding Team
    Nikhil Upadhye            Vipul Singh               Suhas Banishwala         Yeshwanth Reddy
    Founder & CEO             CEO                       CTO                      COO

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www.dimensionnxg.com

     Mixed Reality                        Company Brief                                         Technology/Product Brief
     Headset with                         Augumented, Virtual and Mixed Reality solutions       Ajnalens

     95° Field Of
                                          using disruptive technology to empower                The Dimension NXG AjnaLens is a mixed reality
                                          automobile, aerospace, healthcare, education,         headset with this 95° FOV.
                                          manufacturing, and real estate sectors by

     View
                                          providing cost cutting, error reduction and           Compatible with many MR applications:
                                          increasing productivity.                              users may access many work applications such as
                                                                                                AjnaSurge, for the medical industry, or MR
                                          Combining the power of custom designed                Builder, for construction and design.
                                          hardware with immersive AR/VR content                 Detailed holograms: the computing system
                                          generation software systems, they offer                provides world-sensing holograms that integrate
                                          significant value through the aerospace                with the surrounding environment.
                                          maintenance assistance platform bringing
                                                                                                Gesture, gaze, and voice control: users can
                                          features such as instant skill mastery, holographic
                                                                                                control the AjnaLens headset easily and intuitively
                                          teleportation, x-ray vision, clairvoyance among a
                                                                                                thanks to built-in sensors.
                                          few.

                                                                                                Ajnaassist
     combined with software               Achievements                                          AjnaAssist allows your company to connect
                                                                                                remote experts and field technicians in real time
     platforms for high quality         › #1 Innovation across India                            to collaborate on a task in AR. Both users have
                                                                                                the ability to manipulate augmented content and
                                        › Graham Bell Innovation Award - Breakthrough
     content generation and delivery      low-cost Technology;                                  add annotations that ‘lock’ onto real-world objects
                                                                                                in the technician’s field of view. This allows
                                        › Technology Innovation Leadership Award in AR
     for a plethora of training and       Headset;                                              companies to reduce downtime and increase
                                                                                                safety, giving technicians the power to make
     maintenance operations             › India’s #1 Disruptive startup - India TiECon 2016;
                                        › Top 15 Hardware Wearables - Qualcomm QDIC,            repairs, and decisions that they would otherwise
     applications in aerospace,           2018;                                                 be unable to do so.

     defence, healthcare, automobile,
     and manufacturing sectors

                                          Founding Team
                                          Pankaj Raut            Abhishek Tomar                 Abhijit Patil
                                          CEO                    CTO                            COO

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www.tereromobility.com

 Company Brief                                          Technology/Product Brief                                     Fully
 Founded by IIT Madras alumni, the startup              CGBS                                                   Automated
                                                                                                             Cargo Ground
 incubated at IIT Madras Incubation Cell is             This pioneering product, CGBS (Cargo Ground
 developing unmanned ground vehicles for aircraft       Buildup System) is an unmanned, air-transport-
 ground support operations with an aim to reduce        able, material handling vehicle platform for

                                                                                                               Operations
 fuel consumption, flight delays and downtimes in        military transport aircrafts operating at austere
 civil as well as military aviation.                    locations, bringing great value to humanitarian
                                                        aid, and disaster relief missions.

                                                                                                                 Solutions
 In situations of large scale natural disasters or in
 rescue operations in remote locations, and off          Being developed for Lockheed Martin’s Hercules
 base military encampments, limited airfield,            C-130 aircraft, CGBS eliminates the need to rely
 damaged infrastructure, lack of adequate ground        on the availability of equipment at remote and
 handling equipment and manpower availability           disaster relief mission site as well as reduce the
 are methodically and systematically address with       downtime during loading/unloading from 4-6
 their innovative fully automated Cargo Ground          hours to less than 1.5 hours.
 Buildup System (CGBS).

 Achievements
› Selected as Grant Winner (2018) in the University                                                            developed for Lockheed
 Innovation Challenge track of the IIGP 2.0
 program organised by Dept. of Science and                                                                      Martin’s Hercules C-130
 Technology, Lockheed Martin, and Tata Trusts;
                                                                                                               aircraft, CGBS is a cargo
                                                                                                             material handling platform
                                                                                                                 developed for military
                                                                                                                      transport airports

 Founding Team
 Anupam Chandra              Vishwajeet
 Founder & CEO               COO

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www.skylarkdrones.com

     Leaders in                      Company Brief                                          Technology/Product Brief
     delivering                      Delivery of Drone/UAV enabled aerial survey &          Mining

     Enterprise
                                     inspection services covering custom flight              A holistic view of the mine lifecycle with the help
                                     missions combined with proprietary cloud               of drone solutions allow for cm. level planning,
                                     platform for data acquisition, visualization, and      monitoring and inspection of stockpile, hauls

     Aerial (Drone)
                                     analytics capabilities catering to needs in the        roads, lease boundaries and safety blocks.
                                     agriculture, mining, utilities, and infrastructure
                                     sectors.                                               Agriculture

     Solutions                       End-to-end services that shed light on ground
                                     reality through thematic drone based maps and
                                                                                            Solutions that are aimed at improving the yield
                                                                                            estimation. Also focuses on improving the due
                                                                                            diligence System and performance management
                                     geo tagged videos for enterprises. The company         in the agricultural sector.
                                     features to provides a glimpse into the
                                     perspective that aerial intelligence can bring
                                     about to terrestrial applications. Along with aerial
                                     survey services, data visualization & analytics,
                                     they provide enterprise IT solutions.

                                     Achievements
     covering custom flight
                                    › Awarded by Economic Times as 'Best on Campus'
     missions combined with          Startup in the ET Awards 2018;
     proprietary cloud platform
     for data acquisition,
     visualization, and analytics
     capabilities.

                                     Founding Team
                                     Mugilan Thiru Ramasamy               Mrinal Pai
                                     Founder                              Co-Founder

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www.sastrarobotics.com

  Company Brief                                         Technology/Product Brief                                 HMI Test
  Design and development of integrated automated        SR-Dimenzio-MG                                        Automation
                                                                                                            Platform with
  test systems for testing HMI controls in aircraft     Testing tool for various stages of Product
  flight controls (Dashboard controls) test system.      Development and Production, including the
                                                        end-of-line testing, that can work non-stop for

                                                                                                             Honeywell &
  Exhaustive and extensive testing methods that         365 days a year. It uses the highest quality
  ensure rigorous testing beyond the human              components which ensures that the performance
  capacity and capability. Sastra Robotics builds and   is maintained throughout its lifetime. It has a

                                                                                                                   BOSCH
  delivers Robotic solutions for human-like             compact form factor which makes it easy for
  automated functional testing of real physical         integration into the existing production lines or
  devices. Their business solutions are used by         stacking into server rack enclosures in SaaS
  OEMs and Service Providers to expedite test           companies.
  cycles and reduce the time-to-market for various
  products.

  Achievements
› Selected as Grant Winner (2018) in the Industrial
  Innovation track of the IIGP 2.0 program
  organised by Dept. of Science and Technology,
                                                                                                             as early adopters of robotic
  Lockheed Martin, and Tata Trusts;                                                                           testing platforms to realise
                                                                                                                   human-like functional
                                                                                                            testing of industrial systems
                                                                                                                        and devices with
                                                                                                              human-machine interface
                                                                                                                             (HMI) panels

  Founding Team
  Aronin Ponnappan            Akhila A                  Achu Wilson
  Founder & CEO               Co-Founder & COO          Co-Founder & CTO

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www.airpix.in

     Visual, Thermal                       Company Brief                                         Technology/Product Brief
     and NearIF                            Delivery of enterprise drone solutions for security   UAV Surveying, Photogrammetry and

     spectrum High
                                           & surveillance, GIS surveying & terrain mapping,      Remote Sensing
                                           disaster management, farming, asset inspection,       Our UAV systems autonomously cover large areas
                                           events and consumer services applications.            to capture high resolution data as high as upto 1

     Resolution
                                           Provides data processing and analytics solutions      cm/pixel in visible or Near infrared (NIR) spectrum
                                           from UAV-as-a-service for Government bodies,          for producing highly detailed and accurate
                                           mining, railways, agriculture, resources, oil and     orthophotos, 3D Digital Elevation Models,

     Aerial Imaging
                                           gas industries.                                       topographic data, NDVI maps. The data provides
                                                                                                 valuable insights to our clients in terms of
                                           High resolution aerial imagery in visual, thermal,    assessment, planning, site design and
                                           and near infrared spectrum, to generate high          maintenance.
                                           density point clouds, 2D & 3D outputs like
                                           orthophoto, digital surface models, asset
                                           inspection reports for planimetric, volumetric
                                                                                                 UAV Inspection and Monitoring
                                                                                                 Deploying UAVs for collecting data in situations
                                           analyses, change tracking, defect identification,
                                                                                                 potentially hazardous to human life by eliminat-
                                           etc.
                                                                                                 ing health and safety risks posed while inspecting
                                                                                                 critical infrastructure or scouting remote/disaster
                                           Achievements                                          struck areas. Reducing overall costs and improv-
     solutions delivered in the                                                                  ing safety, our services facilitate fast acquisition of
                                                                                                 high quality data to provide valuable insights to
     UAV-as-a-Service model for          › Selected as Grant Winner (2017) in the Industrial
                                           Innovation track of the IIGP 2.0 program
                                                                                                 industries and government bodies in terms of
                                                                                                 preventive maintenance and emergency response
     surveillance, GIS remote sensing,     organised by Dept. of Science and Technology,
                                           Lockheed Martin, and Tata Trusts;
                                                                                                 planning.

     asset inspection, and precision
     agriculture applications

                                           Founding Team
                                           Aniket Tatipamula          Shinil Shekhar             Neeraj Waghchaure
                                           Founder                    Founder                    Founder

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