Indian defence technology programme
Modernizing counter-UAS defence through the ammunition layer.
ADGM is developing a simulation-led, safety-governed smart-ammunition architecture intended to improve the relevance of existing gun systems against emerging small-UAS threats.
- Simulation-led
- Inert-first development
- Embedded edge sensing
- India-based
The programme
Capability uplift without replacing the entire platform.
Many in-service gun platforms remain operationally understood, logistically supported, and widely available. Their challenge against small drones is not necessarily the platform itself, but the limitations of conventional ammunition and direct-hit engagement geometry.
ADGM is built around a reusable smart core that brings sensing, bounded onboard processing, control logic, and a safety-governed execution pathway into the ammunition architecture. The programme begins with a 23 mm baseline and is structured to support adjacent calibre families through controlled host-specific adaptation.
01
Host-compatible modernization
Designed around the constraints of legacy gun-ammunition ecosystems, with the objective of minimizing disruption to established handling and support practices.
02
Common smart core
A reusable sensing-and-control architecture intended to migrate across compatible product families without rebuilding the intelligence layer from zero.
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Safety-governed development
Inert validation, ruggedization, verification, and regulatory alignment precede any controlled terminal-function integration.
Technology pillars
One architecture, matured through disciplined engineering.
Public information is intentionally limited to system-level architecture. Defence-sensitive implementation details are not published on this website.
Digital engineering
CAD and simulation-first workflows are used to evaluate packaging, load paths, survivability, and integration decisions before costly prototype cycles.
Embedded sensing and compute
A compact onboard environment is being developed to receive target-relevant inputs and execute bounded, time-constrained processing within munition-class constraints.
Decision and control
Confidence-gated logic governs how sensing input is evaluated and translated into a controlled engagement decision while preserving fail-safe behavior.
Qualification and industrial transition
The programme includes environmental, EMI/EMC, safety, manufacturability, and partner-transfer planning as part of the development lifecycle.
Phased roadmap
Risk is reduced before complexity is added.
The programme advances through evidence-backed gates rather than a single high-risk build.
- 0-1
Programme baseline
Architecture freeze, documentation baseline, partner alignment, and execution readiness.
- 1-4
Inert feasibility demonstrator
Simulation, CAD, sensing feasibility, electronics validation, and bench demonstration.
- 4-8
Integrated inert prototype
Packaging refinement, power-path validation, ruggedization studies, and end-to-end bench workflows.
- 8-12
Platform integration dossier
Host compatibility, survivability-focused validation, manufacturability planning, and technical transfer preparation.
- 12-18
Qualification and transition package
Safety documentation, regulatory preparation, demonstration package, and pilot industrialization readiness.
Execution foundation
A cross-functional programme, not an isolated concept.
ADGM's documented programme structure covers systems architecture, defence programme management, mechanical design, embedded electronics, radar and ML research, quality assurance, safety documentation, and industrial transition.
Meet the programme teamIncubation and academic collaboration pathways support technical validation and programme development.
Programme materials document investor interest intended to support development and scale-up through milestone-linked execution.
ADGM is structured for collaboration with qualified Indian manufacturing and defence-industry partners.
Partnerships
Building a sovereign smart-ammunition capability base.
We welcome discussions with qualified research institutions, defence-industry partners, investors, and programme stakeholders.