Boosting Combat Capabilities

India's defence industry has grown substantially in recent years and seems headed for even better days. The country is now tapping its domestic startup ecosystem for technological innovation and self-reliance in defence. While Indian entrepreneurs are building niche technologies that will help in boosting the country's military combat capabilities, the Make in India initiative has attempted to transform this reality by promoting the private sector's role in defence production and Research & Development. Although India began this journey only a few years ago, today, several start-ups have emerged in this sector and are engaged in developing prototypes and products for the Indian military across different technologies.

Realizing the same, we have focused on this niche market segment in this special issue. The cover story of this issue features Fortytwo Labs, which delivers provable digital trust for organizations in the form of cryp-tographic authentication, transaction authorization, eSigning, encryption/decryption, and secure remote access. The company designs a range of solu-tions to address the needs of customers in a variety of operational areas in the defence sector.

Also featuring in this issue is Acculytics Chemicals, which has been de-veloping future-oriented solutions to boost the Indian defence sector. The issue also covers Edgeforce Solutions, which is a renowned company that designs, develops, and creates secure and hardened deep technology products based on System on Module (SOM), System on Chip (SOC), Tiny ML, and other technologies. Reading on, you will find more such stories on some of the other top players in this segment.

After studying this market landscape in-depth, we have zeroed-in on the Top 10 companies that have excelled in this market with their innova-tive approach. Having proven their dedication to efficiency in order to meet the customer expectations in an end-to-end manner, these companies have stood out from the crowd.

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