For a geographically dispersed Pacific island country, mobile policing equipment can have a direct operational value, particularly for patrol duties, rapid response and movement through areas where larger vehicles may be less practical.
The agreement was signed in Mumbai on September 8, 2026, during APNIC 62, the Asia-Pacific Internet community’s flagship technical conference. The event has returned to India after a gap of 14 years and has brought together network operators, Internet infrastructure specialists, policymakers and technology professionals from across the region.
The 40,000-square-foot facility includes 25,000 square feet of Class 10K and Class 1K cleanrooms and is designed to handle semiconductor validation, automated testing, reliability qualification and failure analysis after a chip has been manufactured. HCLTech formally announced the facility on September 8.
The facility, located in Bengaluru’s aerospace and defence manufacturing corridor, is the company’s first plant built specifically for aerospace applications. It was inaugurated on August 31 as Bevel Gears India marked 50 years since the establishment of its engineering business in 1976. Detailed information on the facility was released on September 8.
The Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT), in collaboration with Netherlands-based Addax Data Science, has developed a species-recognition model specifically for the Central Indian landscape. The system has been designed to automatically process camera-trap imagery and classify wildlife into 40 distinct categories.
The company has inaugurated the Stage Testing & Inspection Facility (STIF) and the Pressurant Tank Realisation, Over-wrapping and Outfitting Facility (PROOF) at its Assembly and Testing Facility. The new infrastructure strengthens Agnikul’s ability to develop, test, recover and eventually refly launch vehicle stages as it works towards its next flight, Mission-02.
The patent covers the alignment and synchronisation of optical and microwave sensors so that both datasets can be collected over the same area during the same pass. GalaxEye says the technology has already been patented in India and that it is the first Indian startup to secure a US patent specifically for satellite imaging technology.
The two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding on September 8 to evaluate how BULL’s Post-Mission Disposal technology could be integrated with Samtel’s satellite platforms and its Active Space Debris Removal Vehicle, or DRV, concept.
The company unveiled its OISL capability at Bengaluru Space Expo 2026 on September 8 and is targeting flight readiness in 2027. Astrogate describes the programme as India’s first indigenous development of an optical inter-satellite terminal.
The concept is aimed at Suppression of Enemy Air Defences, or SEAD, missions, where expendable drones can be used to complicate an adversary’s radar picture, draw attention away from manned aircraft and potentially force air-defence units to reveal their positions.
