iDEX-DIO signs 250th contract
Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Defence, has signed its 250th contract - the first under Mission DefSpace - and 100th SPRINT (Navy) contract in New Delhi.
New Delhi: Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Defence, has signed its 250th contract - the first under Mission DefSpace - and 100th SPRINT (Navy) contract in New Delhi.
The first iDEX contract of Mission DefSpace was exchanged between Additional Secretary (Defence Production) and CEO Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO) T. Natarajan and CEO of InspeCity, Arindrajit Chowdhary, one of the winners of the 'Micropropulsion system for CubeSats' challenge. This challenge is being led by the Defence Space Agency.
Cubesats are a class of smallsats, which are modular; low-cost, easy to manufacture, integrate, and launch; and form a critical component for launch-on-demand capabilities.
According to the Ministry of Defence, for imagery, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance or communication purposes, CubeSats need to be precisely aligned, hence there is a requirement of a compact micropropulsion system for precise manoeuvring and orbit correction.
InspeCity is developing a gas-based system for this purpose.
