Paninian’s SVAYATT-M1, India’s AI-Powered Loyal Wingman Redefining Combat Airspace

Paninian India, founded in 2020 by DRDO and HAL alumni, operates from a 50,000 sq ft facility with simulation labs, wind tunnels, and composite manufacturing. It received the MEITY TIDE 2.0 grant for indigenous innovation and employs over 200 engineers across 10 projects.The SVAYATT-M1 is a Collaborative Combat Aerial Vehicle (CCAV) designed as a low-cost loyal wingman for manned aircraft in

March 14, 2026
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IndiaAI Mission Accelerates Indigenous AI Innovation With Sovereign Models, Compute Power, And Capacity Building

The Government of India launched the IndiaAI Mission in March 2024 to foster a robust AI ecosystem tailored to national challenges. This initiative expands access to AI technologies, supports innovation, and promotes solutions for India-specific issues in sectors like health, agriculture, and education.AIKosha, the IndiaAI Datasets Platform, serves as a central repository for AI models, datasets,

March 14, 2026
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BITS-Pilani’s CRENS: Forging Academic Firepower For India’s Defence Imperative

The recent engagement at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani underscores a pivotal moment in India’s defence innovation landscape, where academic prowess intersects with national security imperatives.As global defence systems recalibrate amid escalating geopolitical tensions, technology emerges as the paramount force multiplier, reshaping power dynamics on the world stage.At

March 13, 2026
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Academia and the “AI Brain Drain”

In 2025, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta collectively spent US$380 billion on building artificial-intelligence tools. That number is expected to surge still higher this year, to $650 billion, to fund the building of physical infrastructure, such as data centers (see go.nature.com/3lzf79q). Moreover, these firms are spending lavishly on one particular segment: top technical talent.

Meta reportedly offered a single AI researcher, who had cofounded a start-up firm focused on training AI agents to use computers, a compensation package of $250 million over four years (see …

March 13, 2026
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