DRDO’s official Electronic Warfare technology roadmap identifies “Smart Jamming against Software Defined Radio (SDR) & Cognitive Radio based Military Communication Radios” as one of its electronic countermeasure development tasks. The work has been assigned to the Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, or DLRL, one of DRDO’s principal laboratories specialising in electronic warfare systems.
The Ministry of Defence confirmed on September 6, 2026, that the Sarang team has reached Egypt ahead of the airshow, which will be held at El Alamein International Airport from September 8 to 10. The event will bring together air forces, aerospace companies and defence and space-sector professionals from several countries.
The next phase of India’s drone manufacturing push is increasingly centred on technologies such as flight-control computers, autopilots, inertial navigation systems, electro-optical sensors, communications equipment, motors, batteries, embedded electronics and specialised payloads.
The target was highlighted on September 6, 2026, by the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) as part of the roadmap for the next phase of India’s space-sector growth. IN-SPACe said achieving this level of launch activity will require ISRO and Indian industry to expand their capabilities in parallel rather than depend on a single organisation.
Bengaluru-based Achira Labs is developing an Indian alternative built around microfluidics: shrinking several laboratory processes into small disposable cartridges that can operate with compact analysers close to the patient.
The discussions in Coimbatore reflected a wider change in modern warfare. UAVs are no longer limited to surveillance and reconnaissance. They are increasingly being used for precision attack, communications relay, targeting, logistics, electronic warfare and autonomous operations.
The development gives India a particularly prominent position within the Stuttgart-based family-owned company. India is now LAPP’s second-largest market globally, while the Bhopal operation has surpassed the group’s other manufacturing sites in scale.
Located in the Bommasandra Industrial Area, the new facility has an initial footprint of about 20,000 square feet and is equipped with Surface Mount Technology, Through-Hole Technology and box-build assembly lines. It has been designed to manufacture electronics for sectors where product reliability, process control and stringent quality standards are particularly important.
The expanded facility is expected to become fully operational in 2030. Once completed, it will manufacture enzymes used across a wide range of industries, including biofuels, household-care products and food and beverages. Novonesis says the investment will substantially increase its production capacity as global demand for biological solutions continues to grow.
Rather than treating these markets as simple extensions of its existing consumer-electronics operations, the company is developing a broader capability roadmap covering capital allocation, specialised talent and strategic partnerships. The objective is to move further into technologically demanding products while building what Dixon describes as a globally competitive manufacturing platform.
