iDEX Investor Hub (iIH) was launched by Hon’ble Raksha Mantri during Manthan at Aero-India 2023, to accelerate investments in the Defence sector with a pledged investment of over Rs 200Cr from 9 leading investors to augment the growth of the startup ecosystem.

Hon’ble Raksha Mantri launched the 9th edition of Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC-9) with 28 problem statements on the theme of “Cyber Security” from Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Airforce, Defence PSUs, and Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

4th edition of Innovate4Defence (i4D) - a 45-day internship program was launched by Hon’ble Raksha Mantri during Manthan at Aero-India 2023 for students of Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in India.

"IDEX winner Skylark Labs India Pvt. Ltd., visited Indian Naval Air
Stations in Goa and Visakhapatnam and collected data pertaining to
challenge awarded. The visit will help in progress of their ongoing
DISC 7 (SPRINT) Challenge “Al-based Foreign Object Detection
(FOD) System” for the Indian Navy . This cutting-edge technology
will enhance the safety and efficiency of the Naval air strips".

Vice chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral S N Ghormade took the review meeting with iDEX and NIIO for SPRINT cases on 5th Jan 2023

iDEX signs its 50th SPRINT contract with Sagar Defence in the presence of RAdm Arjun Dev Nair, ACNS (SR), RAdm K Srinivas, ACOM (Mod) & Cmde A P Golaya, Oi/C TDAC on 4th January, 2022.

Aatmanirbhar Bharat:-iDEX-DIO signs 150th contract for defence innovation on Expendable Mobile Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Target capable of simulating sound & movement of a submarine

Clarification of cut-off dates for applicability of maximum limit of active contracts in iDEX
1. The cut-off date of eligibility will be counted as per the last date of application as per the DISC/OC.
2. Till the time 5th milestone is completed and the final tranche is disbursed, the contract will be counted as active.

iDEX-DIO is happy to inform that the number of active contracts with iDEX winners at any time have been increased up to five contracts.

iDEX organised a knowledge session with CIIE.CO IIM Ahemdabad. AS, DP & CEO, DIO shared insights into the newly launched DISC-6 challenges & iDEX Prime.

Additional Secretary (DP) and CEO/DIO, Shri Sanjay Jaju speaking at SINE - IITB on 25th April 2022, encouraged Defence/Aerospace Startups to apply for DISC6 and iDEXPrime to get first-hand exposure in solving military problems

The DAC has accorded AON for procurement of 14 products, within 30 months of contract for prototype development! Simplified procurement has been introduced. AON to Procurement timelines reduced from 2+ years to 5 Months, keeping in line with the Innovation Ecosystem!