India’s Digantara Industries will be entering a new business orbit-missile defence system (warning, tracking, space based interceptors) and become a full stack space surveillance player with operations across the globe, the company said. The company will be launching 15 space based space surveillance satellites along with two dedicated missile warning satellites through 2026-27. 

Towards this, the company recently beefed up its financial muscle with a $50 million fresh fund raise from new strategic and financial investors as well as from existing investors. Initially floated as a space surveillance and intelligence player, Digantara Industries closed its recent Series B fund raise from 360 ONE Asset, SBI Investments Co Japan, and Ronnie Screwvala and existing investors Peak XV Partners and Kalaari Capital.  

“Space is no longer a frontier, it is the new high ground for national security. Adversaries of the future will seek asymmetric advantage where sensing, automation, and latency matter most,” said Anirudh Sharma, Founder and CEO, Digantara Industries. 

“This capital accelerates our path to operational readiness, expand into the US and Europe, and drive new programmes in missile warning, tracking, and space-based interceptors to deliver real deterrence and multidomain superiority,” Sharma added. 

Digantara Industries will deploy this fresh capital into global expansion beyond India and the US, into new manufacturing facilities for optical systems, satellite production and towards doubling its research & development teams globally over the coming year. 

The fresh funds takes the company from a pure play space situational awareness company to a full stack space surveillance and intelligence company, developing sovereign hardware, software and intelligence systems that strengthen national security and strategic autonomy, Digantara Industries said. 

“What stood out about Digantara is their commitment to build the full stack infrastructure. From the outset, the founding team’s blend of technical expertise and business acumen stood out, an essential combination for long-term success. We remain committed to backing founders developing mission-critical capabilities across sensing, autonomy, and downstream applications.” said Sameer Nath, CIO & Head, Venture Capital & Private Equity, 360 ONE Asset. 

With operations across India, Singapore, and the United States, and an expansion to Europe by mid-2026, Digantara Industries is leveraging its global presence to provide strategic capabilities for multidomain awareness autonomy.  

Digantara Industries claimed that it has bagged large orders and mission contracts from leading defence and commercial intelligence customers. According to the company, its integrated infrastructure, ‘AIRA’, unites advanced hardware, data, and processing capabilities across space and ground systems to create a multidomain surveillance capability.  

The company also said it is on track for launch through 2026-27, the `SCOT’ series, a fleet of electro-optical and LiDAR satellites designed for space based space surveillance; the ‘ALBATROSS’ series, dedicated to early missile warning and precision tracking; and ‘SKYGATE’ an expanding network of ground-based sensors that enables persistent observation across critical theatres of operations. 

Through the fusion of these systems within AIRA’s space-and-ground construct, Digantara Industries achieves near real-time acquisition, characterisation and interpretation of emerging threats, the company said. 

This integrated infrastructure equips Digantara Industries proprietary platforms ‘Space MAP’ and ‘STARS’ with mission-ready data for decisive, real time tactical response. 

Digantara Industries commissioned on 8th March the world’s first commercial space based space surveillance satellite SCOT (Space Camera for Object Tracking). The satellite was launched on 14th January 2025 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission. 

In the US, Digantara Industries has opened an office in the state of Colorado eyeing defence contracts and targeting a top line of about $25-$30 million over the next two years. Industry estimates put the global space surveillance and intelligence or space situational awareness market at about $60 billion. 

The company has secured active contracts with multiple Department of Defence agencies, including the USAF and Space Force. 

Published by Venkatachari Jagannathan 

V.Jagannathan (Byline Venkatachari Jagannathan), is a freelance journalist based in Chennai, India covering the country’s space, nuclear, insurance, automobile and several other industries. Jagannathan was with IANS newswire, one of India’s premier news agencies and his articles – news, news analysis, interviews, profiles and others- on various sectors were published in several leading print, online publications within and outside India. He was also with India’s first online business magazine www.domain-b.com. A school and college chess player Jagannathan also writes about Indian chess and has covered World Chess Championships, Chess Olympiads and others.

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