Zeus Numerix at cutting edge of Make-in-India defence technology

The first of a three-part series looks at small firms that are doing pioneering work in defence sector innovation

In Aero India 2019, Indian exhibitors pay vast amounts to showcase weapons and equipment they are building with technologies licensed from foreign vendors. However, there are also a handful of Indian innovators with such technological confidence that they do not even bother to rent a display booth.

One such company is Zeus Numerix, whose co-founders Abhishek Jain and Basant Kumar Gupta move from one client meeting to another. For a company with only 40 employees, their impressive string of technological innovations makes them sought after by the Defence Research and Development Organisation  (DRDO), BrahMos Aerospace, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and