T-Hub has partnered with the Indian Army’s Central Command to help defence startups develop, validate and deploy solutions for active military challenges. The partnership will connect startups with Army stakeholders and support product development, operational feedback and deployment readiness.
Published Date – 25 August 2026, 02:57 PM
Hyderabad: T-Hub has entered into a partnership with the Central Command of the Indian Army to create a direct path for defence startups to work with the Indian Army on practical military deployments.
Founders will develop and validate technologies to tackle active military challenges, advancing India’s defence modernisation.
Under the partnership, T-Hub will receive active problem statements from the Central Command of the Indian Army and identify and select relevant startups to address these challenges.
A joint oversight committee will supervise programme execution and engagements between startups and Army stakeholders.
T-Hub will help founders move from problem statements to deployable solutions by supporting product development, validation and market readiness, while working with Army stakeholders to incorporate operational feedback and meet deployment requirements.
This builds on T-Hub’s existing partnership with the Western Command of the Indian Army, making it one of the select few entities nationally with standing, direct relationships at the Command level.
T-Hub is also one of 28 organisations selected to implement the Ministry of Defence-led iDEX scheme and is the largest iDEX incubator in the country, having engaged 100 defence startups and hosted 70 challenges under the iDEX scheme.
