Indian Space Facilitation and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) 27 August 2025 announced the transfer of five technologies, developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), local companies. This step is aimed at reducing India's dependence on import and expanding the use of space technologies.
Tripartite Agreements signed between Newspace India Limited (NSIL), by the recipient companies and IN-SPACe at its headquarters in Ahmedabad. Technologies are transferred for commercialization, strengthening self-sufficiency and reducing imports. One of them, technology of low-temperature ceramics (LTCC) for multi-chip modules, developed by the Space Center (SAC), allows the integration of several semiconductor chips into a compact module. It was acquired by Voltix Semicon of Pune for use in biomedical RT-PCR kits, which used to depend on imports.
Another technology is glue, that hardens at room temperature (SILCEM R9), developed by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), – outsourced to Crest Specialty Resins of Ahmedabad for joining the solar panels, which will also replace imports. Hyderabad-based Azista Composites has acquired the technology to manufacture EFA film adhesives 1753 and EFA 1752 from VSSC. Ananth Technologies received the 30-watt DC-DC converter technology from the UR Rao Space Center (URSC), and Pushpak Aerospace – Al-10Si-Mg alloy anodizing technology, obtained by 3D printing, also from URSC.
These transfers demonstrate the growing capacity of the Indian industry, contributing not only to import substitution, as well as expanding the use of technologies outside the space sector. In general, IN-SPACe concluded 98 technology transfer agreements with industrial partners.