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IIT Madras-Backed Startup Develops Hummingbird Electric Sea Glider, Plans Ocean Trials by December 2026

The project highlights India’s growing capabilities in indigenous aerospace engineering, electric propulsion and advanced maritime transportation. By developing a vehicle capable of flying close to the water, Waterfly Technologies aims to create faster and more efficient transportation options for coastal cargo movement, island connectivity and offshore logistics.

JSR Dynamics Advances Indigenous Jet-Powered Weapons and Guided Rockets

JSR Dynamics’ official product information confirms that its Jet-Powered Loitering Munition (JPLM) is designed for high-subsonic flight, with a stated range of 290 kilometres and a 27-kilogram warhead. The company is also developing a Jet-Powered Bomb with a specified range of 290 kilometres, alongside guided rockets and a lightweight cruise-missile-class weapon designed for ground or ship launch.

IIT Madras Startup Folium Sensing Develops Fibre-Optic Technology to Monitor Railways, Pipelines and Border Security

Founded in 2024 and operating from IIT Madras Research Park, Folium Sensing specialises in Distributed Fibre-Optic Sensing (DFOS). Its technology allows a single optical fibre to function as thousands of sensing points, providing continuous information about the condition of infrastructure without installing conventional electronic sensors at every monitoring location.

IIT Bombay Startup MumbaiSemi Develops Indigenous RF Chip Supporting India’s NavIC and Global Satellite Navigation Systems

DhruvaPro is a fully integrated radio-frequency receiver chip capable of processing signals from different Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). According to MumbaiSemi, the chip supports India’s Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC), the United States’ GPS, Europe’s Galileo and China’s BeiDou systems. The company has also identified compatibility with Russia’s GLONASS in its technology updates.

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