Bengaluru tech gives US, Israeli weapons eyes

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Tonbo Imaging built the night vision system that guided the surgical strikes.
Tonbo’s imaging sensors are the eyes of the soldiers, the artificial intelligence stack built into it is the brain that enables real-time decision-making and fire control.
Now the army and defence ministry, and Northern Command in particular, are Tonbo’s clients but India was late to the party.
Some of the weapons the US Army showcased had Tonbo smarts.
Five countries were buying our tech before India bought from us,” recalls Arvind Lakshmikumar, founder and CEO of Tonbo Imaging.
Tonbo Imaging now sells to defence forces in 25 countries, from emerging markets to the highest end of the spectrum—Israel and the US.
It sells imaging and tracking systems to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries, which in turn sell smart weapons fitted with these systems to armies around the world.
Besides armies, defence behemoths like Excelitas and Beretta buy its systems and software.
Every country wants artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced sensing to fortify defence, spot threats before time, and crush them with precision.
His foray into defence tech happened well before Tonbo, back when he was doing PhD work at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in the US.
Sarnoff had 600 employees, almost all with PhDs, and worked on imaging systems for the US defence.
Lakshmikumar bought the India entity with a partner and spun out a new company named Serial Innovations, which became Tonbo Imaging in 2012.
India is the world’s second-largest importer of defence equipment, after Saudi Arabia, and yet soldiers on the field lack night-vision goggles, GPS watches, or good shoes—there are gaping holes begging to be filled.
“I have examples of senior army officers who saw an immediate need for some weapon system, bought it out of their own pocket, and used it before getting refunded by the government,” says Lakshmikumar

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