iDEX reaches milestone with signing of its 150th contract.

• Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), the flagship initiative of Department of Defence Production, has reached a milestone with the signing of its 150th contract in New Delhi on December 21, 2022.
• The contract relates to an Indian Navy project of the Defence India Start-up Challenge (DISC 7) SPRINT edition.
• The challenge was titled ‘Expendable Mobile Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Training Target (EMATT) capable of simulating the sound and movement of a submarine’ and the winner was Altair Infrasec Pvt Ltd, Pune.
• The Challenge envisaged development of a training target capable of being deployed from P8I aircraft, MH60R helicopters, ships doing speed up to 10 knots and other Remotely Piloted Aircraft without undertaking any modification on the platform from which the EMATT is required to be launched.

About iDEX framework:

• The iDEX framework was launched by the Prime Minister in 2018 with the objective to provide a platform of co-creation and co-development in the defence sector, engage start-ups and develop defence and aerospace set up in the country.
• The iDEX is being implemented by Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO), established under Department of Defence Production.