
India’s battlefield tech gets a Made-in-Chennai boost! In a major exclusive, Chennai-based Zuppa Geo Navigation Technologies played a crucial role in Operation Sindoor. Its Hawk drones were deployed for surveillance and early warning—penetrating 2 km beyond the LOC to monitor enemy troop movements. Founder Venkatesh Sai reveals how these indigenously developed drones provided real-time visual intelligence and GPS-locked coordinates — while staying hack-proof under battlefield conditions. Zuppa’s drones come with OWASP 4.0 certification, patented Visual Inertial Navigation, and a breakthrough dual-core flight chip, designed after a near-collision with a cow! The chip mimics human reflex and reasoning, enabling drones to adapt instantly in hostile environments—even against GPS jammers and directional interference used by Pakistan forces. With 150 drones already delivered, Zuppa is now working on kamikaze drones and precision payload systems for India’s defence forces.