The development goes considerably beyond outsourcing the manufacture of rocket components. The successful private-sector participant would be expected to absorb the knowledge necessary to manufacture the complete vehicle, integrate its systems, participate in launch operations and ultimately establish the capability to offer LVM3 commercially.
Under the new contract, Mahindra Aerostructures will manufacture the metallic fuselage skins used in Sections 18 and 19 of the A320 family aircraft, covering portions of the rear fuselage and tail area.
Shunya is being developed as a six-passenger-plus-one-pilot eVTOL aircraft, giving it a significantly different operating concept from conventional helicopters and small fixed-wing aircraft. Electric vertical take-off and landing technology allows an aircraft to rise and land vertically without requiring a conventional runway, while an efficient wing-supported cruise phase can provide greater range and energy efficiency once the aircraft transitions into forward flight.
OrbitAID disclosed the updated mission timeline on 25 August 2026, saying that two spacecraft — AayulSAT-2A, serving as the chaser, and AayulSAT-2B, serving as the target — will be launched together for the demonstration. The company intends to validate the complete sequence required for servicing an operational spacecraft rather than testing individual rendezvous or docking functions in isolation.
Announced on 31 August 2026, CITADEL — short for Critical Infrastructure Threat Detection & Electronic Layer — represents an expansion of counter-drone technology beyond conventional military bases and battlefield environments. Zen Technologies has positioned the system as a configurable protective layer for facilities whose uninterrupted operation has become increasingly important to India’s digital, industrial and strategic infrastructure.
Founded in 2015, Fabheads develops automated processes for manufacturing carbon-fibre and other advanced composite components. Its technologies combine continuous-fibre 3D printing, automated fibre placement, rapid tooling, conventional composite processing and precision engineering.
The latest figures released by the Ministry of Defence on 31 August 2026 show that the country’s 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings recorded 15.4% growth in turnover, compared with approximately ₹1.12 lakh crore in FY 2024-25. Their combined profit after tax reached ₹23,136 crore, representing year-on-year growth of 15.6%.
A self-protection jammer is an electronic-warfare system designed to improve a fighter aircraft’s survivability against hostile radars and radar-guided weapons. It works by transmitting carefully generated radio-frequency signals intended to disrupt or confuse enemy radar tracking and targeting.
These technologies are emerging from the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems, or NM-ICPS, a ₹3,660-crore programme implemented by the Department of Science and Technology. A government technology review released on 31 August 2026 highlighted how the programme is moving from fundamental research towards deployable technologies across healthcare, telecommunications, agriculture, mining, cybersecurity and autonomous mobility.
Major Rajprasad, an officer of the Corps of Engineers and 7 Engineer Regiment, began developing the system after examining the risks faced by troops while dealing with IEDs and clearing terrorist hideouts. Government records from the earlier stages of the project identify him as Captain Rajprasad R.S. and recognise Xploder under the iDEX4Fauji initiative as an unmanned IED-disposal remotely operated vehicle. The project subsequently matured as he continued his service and development work.
