Underwater-launched UAV & More: DRDO Sanctions Seven Projects
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DRDO has sanctioned seven new projects to private sector companies, focusing on innovative technologies like underwater-launched UAVs and advanced textiles.
source:slideshare
About New Projects Sanctioned for Technological Development:
- Aircraft Anti-Icing Mechanism Development:
- Company: Craftlogic Labs Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru.
- Objective: Develop a mechanism for turning on the aircraft anti-icing system.
- Radar Signal Processor with Active Antenna Array Simulator:
- Company: Data Pattern (India) Limited, Chennai.
- Objective: Deploy a multi-target system for testing aerial weapon systems and serve as a building block for larger radar systems.
- Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-based Timing Acquisition & Dissemination System:
- Company: Accord Software & Systems Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru.
- Objective: Indigenize timing acquisition and dissemination, use Indian constellation for time, develop a customised flexible timing system.
- Graphene-Based Smart & E-Textiles for Wearable Applications:
- Start-up: Aloha Tech Private Limited, Coimbatore.
- Objective: Develop conductive yarn and fabric processes using graphene nanomaterials and conductive inks for advanced E-textiles.
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