https://exceptional.technology/first-of-its-class-built-by-a-private-yard-inside-ins-samarthak-lts-106-metre-multi-purpose-warship/ 2026-10-18 monthly 0.8 https://exceptional.technology/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ins-samarthak-featured.png First of Its Class, Built by a Private Yard: Inside INS Samarthak, L&T’s 106-Metre Multi-Purpose Warship Commissioned on 16 October 2026, INS Samarthak is the first major warship designed and built entirely by an Indian private shipyard — L&T’s 106-metre multi-purpose trials mothership with over 75% indigenous content. https://exceptional.technology/waterfly-hummingbird-electric-sea-glider-chennai/ 2026-10-18 monthly 0.8 https://exceptional.technology/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/waterfly-sen1x-wig-craft.jpg On a cushion of air: inside Waterfly’s Hummingbird, the electric sea glider skimming India’s coast Image credit: Waterfly Technologies — concept render of the company’s SEN-1X wing-in-ground demonstrator. A runway is one of the most expensive pieces of infrastructure a transport system needs. Waterfly Technologies says its aircraft does not need one at all — because its runway is the ocean. On 11 October 2026, th... https://exceptional.technology/sagar-defence-autonomous-boats-matangi-india/ 2026-10-16 monthly 0.8 https://exceptional.technology/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/sagar-defence-matangi-usv.jpg 1,500 kilometres, no captain: inside Sagar Defence’s autonomous boats — and the licence that makes it a shipbuilder On 29 October 2024, a 13-metre boat set off from Mumbai with nobody aboard — no captain, no crew, no one at the wheel. Days later it arrived in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, some 1,500 kilometres down the coast, after making the entire voyage on its own. No human touched the controls at any point. The […] https://exceptional.technology/navalt-solar-electric-boats-kochi/ 2026-10-15 monthly 0.8 https://exceptional.technology/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/navalt-solar-ferry-aditya.png Sunlight, not diesel: inside Navalt, the Kochi company building India’s solar-electric boats Ferries are a footnote in the global vessel count but an outsized slice of marine pollution — European monitoring data puts them at roughly 3 percent of vessels and about 10 percent of shipping CO₂ emissions. A Kochi company has spent more than a decade proving the fix is not a cleaner diesel engine but […] https://exceptional.technology/eyerov-the-kochi-startup-putting-indias-first-military-grade-underwater-robot-in-navy-service/ 2026-10-13 monthly 0.8 https://exceptional.technology/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/eyerov_trout_featured.jpg EyeROV: The Kochi Startup Putting India’s First Military-Grade Underwater Robot in Navy Service Most of India’s underwater inspection work still depends on divers — slow, risky, and depth-limited. For the Indian Navy, the deeper problem has been dependence: the remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that inspect hulls, survey harbours and search the seabed have largely come from foreign suppliers. On 7 October 2026... https://exceptional.technology/navalt-solar-boats-india-fastest/ 2026-10-12 monthly 0.8 https://exceptional.technology/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/b3_06_featured.jpg Navalt’s Solar Boats: India’s Fastest Runs Without Fuel Kochi’s Navalt has built 80+ solar-electric boats — including Barracuda, billed as India’s fastest solar-electric boat. No diesel, no noise, just sun.