Investing in India's Strategic Edge
Aetosky’s Commitment to Defense and Intelligence Innovation in India
India’s defense and intelligence sectors are entering a new era. Faced with evolving security challenges and transformative policy shifts, the country is moving rapidly to secure its technological edge. From ISR modernization to satellite-enabled situational awareness, India is advancing its capabilities at pace - driven by an urgent need for faster decision-making and sovereign infrastructure.
At Aetosky, we see this not merely as an opportunity - but as an imperative. This past week, our leadership team had the privilege of joining innovators, policymakers, and national security leaders at India Space Congress 2025. It reaffirmed what we’ve long believed: India is positioned to lead the next decade of defense-tech innovation. We are investing accordingly - working alongside government and industry to deliver secure, dual-use intelligence platforms that empower both national security and civil resilience.
The Strategic Landscape: India’s Rise in Defense and Intelligence Technology
India’s defense modernization program is driving unprecedented demand for integrated intelligence systems. The Ministry of Defence’s FY 2024-25 budget crossed ₹6.2 lakh crore (~$74 billion), with focused investments in space-based surveillance, cyber warfare, and AI. The liberalization of geospatial data regulations, combined with flagship programs like Defence Space Agency, Defence AI Council, and Digital India, is enabling a new era of innovation - where satellite data, AI, and ISR converge to deliver operational advantage.
Our commitment is to partner with India’s institutions to co-develop sovereign intelligence capabilities that serve both national defense and societal resilience. This is a long-term investment in shared security, innovation, and strategic autonomy.
- Abhay Swarup Mittal, CEO Aetosky
India’s geospatial and satellite services sector is projected to exceed $6.5 billion by 2032, growing at over 11% CAGR. Meanwhile, satellite imagery services alone are forecasted to nearly triple between 2024 and 2030. These trends are not isolated - they represent a systemic shift toward real-time, data-driven decision-making in both civil and defense domains.
Aetosky’s Technology Stack: Built for Sovereign, Dual-Use Intelligence
We’re helping build what we call the sovereign intelligence stack - a secure architecture that enables data collection, analysis, fusion, and decision-making at national scale. Aetosky’s platform brings together a full spectrum of capabilities engineered for deployment in high-security, mission-critical environments:
Multi-source data fusion: Combining satellite, aerial, drone, and field intelligence into a unified operating environment
AI-driven analytics: From automated object detection to multi-temporal change tracking
Real-time ISR workflows: For battlefield monitoring, border security, and maritime domain awareness
Secure-by-design architecture: Air-gapped deployment, military-grade encryption, and full data sovereignty
Our dual-use design means the same technology supporting border surveillance or strategic reconnaissance can also be applied to civilian priorities: mapping infrastructure, detecting illegal activity, monitoring urban sprawl, or responding to natural disasters. In India, where defense and development intersect, this capability is especially critical.
Strategic Partnership, Not Just Market Access
Aetosky is not entering India as a vendor. We are here as a long-term strategic partner. In the past decade, our leadership team has deepened its engagement with key stakeholders across India’s space, defense, and technology communities. Our focus is clear: to co-develop mission-aligned solutions that strengthen India’s strategic autonomy and operational readiness.
This includes:
Supporting ISR modernization along sensitive borders and coastal regions
Co-developing AI models to detect infrastructure stress, illegal mining, or environmental degradation
Partnering with Indian startups and academic institutions to localize solutions to terrain, policy, and mission contexts
Regional Alignment: Applying Global Expertise to Local Challenges
Our work in India is part of a broader operational commitment across emerging strategic regions. In the Middle East, we’ve delivered intelligence platforms that simultaneously support urban development and national security. Governments in the region are investing heavily in dual-use ISR systems - with the geospatial analytics market projected to reach $1.86 billion by 2030.
In Southeast Asia, we’ve supported mission-critical intelligence operations, from maritime surveillance in archipelagic nations to post-disaster assessment in climate-vulnerable regions. Between 2022 and 2024, defense procurement and R&D spending, including ISR technologies, increased by $2.7 billion across the region, reaching $10.6 billion in aggregate. National space programs, climate resilience mandates, and digital transformation agendas are accelerating demand for geospatial intelligence platforms built with sovereignty and scale in mind.
Our insight is simple: intelligence innovation scales across regions when anchored in mission understanding. Whether it's securing coastlines or rebuilding after floods, the underlying technologies remain consistent. What varies is the context - and we specialize in adapting our architecture to meet it.
The Road Ahead: A Shared Vision for Sovereign Capability
As India accelerates its investment in ISR, AI, and national data infrastructure, Aetosky stands ready to serve as a trusted technology partner. Our mission is aligned with India’s: to build systems that enable informed, sovereign decision-making - from the highest levels of defense command to the front lines of disaster resilience.
We are not here for short-term wins. We are here to help shape the future - one in which India leads not just in capacity, but in sovereign intelligence leadership.
Together with our partners, we are building the infrastructure, workflows, and capabilities to secure a safer, smarter, and strategically autonomous future for India and the world.