Armory first built a counter-drone system in six months, and now it has a Rs 100 crore defence order

Company Details Company OverviewFounded2024HeadquartersGurugram, Haryana (Delhi NCR)SectorDeepTech: Defence (counter-drone)Business ModelB2G (defence)Team Size~18Funding StageSeed / early-stageAmount Raised~Rs 35 crore (~$4M), across roundsKey InvestorsgrowX ventures (lead); Antler, Industrial 47, AC Ventures, Dexter VenturesAffordable drones have become one of the defining weapons of modern warfare, and stopping them has now become a substantial problem: a rogue quadcopter costing a few hundred dollars can threaten a base, a border post or a power plant. Armory, a Gurugram-based startup founded in 2024, builds the systems meant to counter them — detecting, tracking and neutralising hostile drones. The company was founded by Amardeep Singh, an aerospace engineer by profession, to relieve his frustrations about the fact that India’s defence hardware had lagged even as its software industry conquered global markets, leaving frontline forces reliant on imports or ageing kit. Armo..

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