Provided by: Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX)
Funding Support
Up to ₹1.5 Crore under standard iDEX challenge support
Application Deadline
Open / Rolling
Official Website
Not listed
Defence and aerospace innovation challenge offering milestone-based grants and direct engagement with the armed forces. Eligibility summary: Eligible startups, innovators and founder teams meeting the programme's thematic, stage and entity requirements. This category-page record must be verified against the individual programme and official provider source before publication. Official verification — Batch 02: Official defence challenge verified active. Official iDEX portal confirms current open-challenge timeline and applicant categories.
Startup Stage
All stages
Industry Sectors
All sectors
State Limitation
Pan-India
DPIIT & MSME Recognition
DPIIT Not Mandatory • MSME Not Mandatory
Top 40 get ₹20,000; top 20 get ₹1 lakh; winning 4 teams share ₹2 crore grant and incubation support
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Pitch deck / proposal
Founder / applicant KYC
Certificate of incorporation / registration
Problem statement response / application note
Product demo / prototype evidence
Team profiles