Sagar Defence, an iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence) winner, has secured the “Accelerating the Autonomous Robotics Revolution” challenge under the VISTA Track at Dubai Airshow 2025, earning a USD 5,000 prize for its autonomous systems concept. iDEX congratulated the team, noting that the achievement highlights India’s growing footprint in defence innovation.

Sagar Defence said its pitch centred on “Genesis”, described as a “boat-in-a-box” concept built around an AI-powered, platform-agnostic module that can be retrofitted onto existing vessels. Sanyukta Singh from the company said, “We were grateful to give a three-minute pitch to the grand jury and also been awarded for the same. As part of the startup vista challenge, we brought forward our concept of Genesis, an AI-powered solut

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