Beijan Tech, a defence startup founded by two BITS Pilani Hyderabad students, is building autonomous battlefield systems for the Indian Armed Forces. Its drone navigation module has received Letters of Intent from eight military units.
The startup was founded by undergraduates Naman Kasliwal and Shiv Patil. It began as a student engineering project. It now runs from the Coras Lab at the BITS Hyderabad campus.
Beijan Tech builds hardware and software that link battlefield assets over a secure mesh network. The design cuts dependence on GPS and other infrastructure that an enemy can jam or knock out.
Its main product is the Beijan Autonomous Navigation Module, or BANM. This compact edge-computing module lets a drone fly in GPS-denied conditions using onboard vision instead of satellites. The company says the module can make any drone anti-jammable.
The BANM is running pilots in PFFR Secunderabad, Leh and other sites, according to the company. Its navigation module has drawn LOIs from eight military units.
A second product, the Autonomous Artillery Positioning System (AAPS), upgrades older field guns. It adds computer-vision ballistics, positioning and automated motor control. Beijan Tech says this cuts the time needed to reposition a gun between targets.
The company’s Prachand Swarm Ground Station software is deployed with formations under the Indian Army’s Southern Command. Beijan Tech has also built applications for the Army Air Defence.
What this means for you: Beijan Tech is one more BITS Hyderabad team selling defence tech to the Army, so founders in deep-tech should watch campus labs as a real pipeline for defence orders.
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