Over the past five years, the Army’s innovation ecosystem has recorded 117 ideas and innovations selected, of which 47 have been productised, with nine more undergoing prototype evaluation, the Indian Army said in a statement.
In addition, during the same period, 30 Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have been filed.
Transfer of Technology (ToT) to industry has taken place for five innovations, including two handed over on 5 December 2025–Exploder (FC Tech), Agniastra (Red Kite Digital Tech), Vidyut Rakshak (IS Trading Co), Baaz Attack Drone and a Multi-purpose Octacopter, the Army said in a statement. The 2025–2026 edition of Inno-Yoddha, conducted by the Indian Army between November and December 2025, saw a record 89 innovations submitted from across various arms and services.
After what the Army described as a rigorous evaluation, 32 innovations were selected for further development and were felicitated by the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Pushpendra Singh Pal. These innovations will now be refined, upscaled and prepared for field deployment by the Indian Army. Relevant IPRs will be filed and, upon successful ruggedisation, technologies may be transferred to industry for mass production, thereby strengthening the Indian Army’s commitment to Atmanirbhar Bharat and the growth of an indigenous design, development and manufacturing ecosystem, the statement added.
Held every year, the Inno-Yoddha competition is the Indian Army’s flagship platform to identify, nurture and scale in-house innovations that address capability gaps and strengthen operational, logistics and training effectiveness. The initiative aims to empower soldiers, who best understand field realities, to conceptualise practical solutions driven by professional expertise, ingenuity, and technical skill, according to the Army.
“Operating in some of the world’s most challenging and diverse environments, marked by extreme weather, demanding terrain and evolving adversarial threats, the Indian Army seeks insight, adaptability and creativity of its personnel. The competition celebrates this culture of innovation, acknowledging that the most effective solutions often emerge from troops directly engaged in operations,” the Indian Army stated.
Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh Pal interacted with the innovators and commended the soldier-driven nature of their contributions, the statement added. “He observed that soldiers on the ground understand battlefield challenges better than anyone else and that these innovations reflect their field experience, technical proficiency and imaginative problem-solving,” the Army said.