Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC) 5.0 under Innovations for Defence Excellence – Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thirty five Problem Statements \u2013 13 from the Services and 22 from Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) \u2013 were unveiled under DISC 5.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are in areas such as Situational awareness, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Aircraft-trainer, Non-lethal devices, 5G network, Under-water domain awareness, Drone SWARMS and Data Capturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
iDEX will support five times more start-ups over the next five years as the aim is to accelerate progress, reduce costs and complete procurement in a time bound manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The launch of DISC 5.0 by iDEX-DIO comes three years after the launch of DISC 1.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The iDEX initiative was launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in April 2018 to achieve self-reliance and foster innovation & technology development in defence and aerospace sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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